Pulse

Henry Cowell

General Info

Year: 1939
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

The published score calls for 5 players and 2 assistants, as follows:
Player I: 3 dragonmouths, 3 woodblocks
Player II: 3 tom-toms, 3 drums (sm, med, lg; no snares)
Player III: 3 rice bowls (high, med, low), 3 gongs (high, med, low)
Player IV: 3 susp cym (sm, med, Ig), 3 gongs (sm, med, Ig)
Player V: 3 pipe-lengths (high, med, low), 2 brake-drums
(2 assistants, to double parts as indicated)

Program Notes

19 May 1939. "Written 1939 ... for John Cage and His Percussion Group" (caption).

Paired with Return (next entry) at the Cornish School, Seattle, 19 May 1939, by John Cage and his Percussion Group

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Cowell) - Percussion Quartet
Ostinato Pianissimo - Percussion Octet
Pulse - Percussion Quintet
Return - Percussion Trio; Wailer
Set of Five - Multiple Percussion; Violin; Piano
Trickster (Coyote) - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Oboe; Dance