Six Ideas for Snare, Bass, and Cymbal
General Info
Year: 1990
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts - $15.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Movements
Instrumentation
Multiple Percussion: snare drum, bass drum with pedal, cymbals of your choice
Program Notes
This composition consists of six short pieces of varying style and character, ranging from rock to rudimental to jazz to abstract.
Review
Hollinden's six "ideas" are framed in the context of six brief movements. These can be used as etude material for the advanced high school or college level player, or used, in toto or in part, on college percussion recitals.
Within the course of the six movements, Hollinden explores a wide range of possibilities afforded by the three instruments at hand, using them in various combinations, in dialog fashion, manipulating various beating spots, and even in a context reminiscent of their function in a drum-set setting. In all movements, however, an advanced degree of hand-foot coordination is required, as bass drum functions as a melodic participant in the contrapuntal lines. Multimetric writing is used throughout the work.
Hollinden is to be congratulated. Rather than using a large outlay of instruments to present limited musical ideas, he had the ability to exploit the limitless possibilities afforded by a very limited instrumentation. This is the mark of a good composer.
John R. Raush, Percussive Notes, June, 1992[1]
Errata
Awards
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
Scott Harris, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, 2003
Conservatory of Music, Puerto Rico, 1999
Oberlin College, Ohio, 1998
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
A Different Drummer - Multiple Percussion
Alchemy - Percussion Duo
Boundary Conditions - Multiple Percussion; String Quartet
Cold Pressed - Multiple Percussion
Dusting the Connecting Link - Multiple Percussion
Flux - Marimba; Flute; Clarinet; Alto Saxophone
Immersion - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone Quartet
In Time to Come - Marimba; Alto Saxophone
Lead - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Of Wind and Water - Marimba
Percussion Quartet No. 2 (Hollinden) - Percussion Quartet
Platinum - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Reckless - Percussion Octet
Release (Hollinden) - Percussion Octet
Six Ideas for Snare, Bass, and Cymbal - Multiple Percussion
Slender Beams of Solid Rhythm - Multiple Percussion
Surface Tension - Percussion Duo
The Whole Toy Laid Down - Percussion Quartet
what clarity? (with perc. ens. version) - Multiple Percussion; Percussion Ensemble (11)
what clarity? (with strings version) - Multiple Percussion; Orchestra
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