Valse Triste

Andrew Thomas

General Info

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

Instrumentation

Marimba

Program Notes

Valse Triste by Andrew Thomas is a four mallet solo scored for 5 octave marimba. This piece was commissioned and premiered by Simon Boyar. The performer who learns Valse triste will have to learn the following three techniques:
1) Drumming rhyhms in mallets 2 & 3 (inner mallets)
2) Similar Drumming rhythms played by each hand individually
3) The performance of complex linear scales and arpeggios at great speed with one hand while the other hand plays complex harmony - using the mallets in the spirit with which the piano uses fingers

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Hexengeheule (Witchhowl) - Marimba, Timpani
Jessica’s Song - Timpani
Loving Mad Tom - Marimba, Orchestra
Merlin - Marimba
Moons Ending - Marimba, Cello
Night Concerto - Percussion Quartet
Pythagoras & The Four Hammers - Percussion Quartet
Tetramorph - Timpani
The Great Spangled Fritillary - Solo Percussion; Marimba; Violin
Three Transformations - Percussion Duo Marimbas
Valse Triste - Marimba
Wind - Marimba