Quatre Inventions

Michel Cals

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c.
Difficulty: Advanced
Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
ISMN: ‎ 979-0-0462-5241-9
Cost: Score and Parts - $44.51   |   Score Only - $0.00

Movements

1. Accessories and Vibraphone
2. Xylo-Marimba
3. Snare Drum and Drum Kit
4. Five Timpani.

Instrumentation

Player 1: Marimba & Vibraphone & 5 Timpani & Snare Drum & Kick Drum & 3 Concert Tom Toms & Bongos & Tam Tam & Claves & 2 Cowbell & Guiro & Maracas & 4 Suspended Cymbal & Sizzle Cymbal & 6 Temple Block & 2 Triangle & Wood Block
Player 2: Piano

Program Notes

Michel Cals composed his Four Inventions for Percussion and Piano to be played in a competition at Paris Conservatoire. As an unusual, contemporary addition to the Percussion repertoire, this Cals piece is a must-play for percussionists wishing to broaden their style. Exploiting Percussion to its full potential, Cals' Four Inventions is essential to the repertoire of advanced percussionists.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

3 Pieces Brêves – Percussion Sextet
Impromptus (Cals) – Timpani
Interlude (Cals) – Timpani
Puzzle I – Percussion Sextet
Puzzle II – Percussion Quartet
Puzzle III – Percussion Quartet
Puzzle IV – Percussion Quartet; Piano
Quatre Inventions – Multiple Percussion; Piano
Toccata-prélude – Marimba