Twenty-six Contemporary Snare Drum Duets

Alexander Lepak

General Info

Year: 1991
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Windsor
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player I: Snare Drum
Player II: Snare Drum

Program Notes

Review

This latest contribution to the Windsor "College Series for Percussion" is a non-graded, non-sequential collection of snare drum duets that forms a virtual catalog of 20th-century rhythmic devices and snare drum techniques. Musical concepts include a wide range of dynamics (ppp to fff), rapid dynamic changes, accent control, tempo changes, canonic/imitative writing, hocket-like writing, etc. Rhythmic concepts include changing meters, a symetric or irregular meter, syncopation, borrowed divisions and subdivisions, rhythmic modulation, a metric notation, polymeters, etc. This book is recommended as a definite technical and musical challenge for advanced snare drummers. The duets would work equally well as teaching pieces, "recreational" study literature, and formal performance pieces. - John Baldwin, April 1992

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