With Joy in his Heart

David Mancini

General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Kendor
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Soloist

Drumset

Ensemble

Player 1: Vibraphone
Player 2: Marimba
Player 3: Glockenspiel & xylophone
Player 4: Chimes & bongos & Agogo Bells
Player 5: Timbales & Tambourine & finger cymbals & bell tree
Player 6: 4 Concert Tom-toms & Triangle & Suspended Cymbal
Player 7: Timpani (4)

Program Notes

Review

David Mancini has provided the percussion ensemble repertoire with another outstanding composition with his octet featuring solo drumset. This ten-minute composition, dedicated to Louie Bellson, reflects Bellson's comprehensive drumset personality. Opening with a gentle jazz- waltz featuring the vibraphone, Mancini's composition makes a transition into a samba (don't we all remember Mancini's Suite for Solo Drumset?) before concluding with (what-else?) an uptempo, driving swing section in the style of many of Bellson's feature drumset solos. The percussion accompaniment is standard in its seven-person setup: 1--vibraphone; 2--marimba; 3--orchestra bells, xylophone; 4--chimes, bongos, agogo bells; 5--timbales, tamborim, finger cymbals, bell tree; 6--4 tom-toms, 2 triangles, suspended cymbal; 7--4 timpani. Mancini creates clever, compositional dialogue occurring among the seven percussionists--as well as between the seven percussionists and the drumset soloist. This exciting, three-part form for percussion ensemble would be appropriate for a group of advanced high school percussionists or for a solid college percussion ensemble. - James Lambert

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Groovin' In Trinidad – Drum Set
Jazz Solos: Drum Set Volume 2 – Drum Set Method
Joey's Song – Vibraphone
Latin Journey – Multiple Percussion
Recital Piece for Solo Percussion – Multiple Percussion
Suite for Timpani (Mancini) – Timpani
Suite No.2 for Timpani (Mancini) – Timpani

Solo with Percussion Ensemble Works

Jubilee Concerto – Timpani; with Percussion Septet Quartet
Suite for Solo Drum Set and Percussion Ensemble – Drum Set; with Percussion Septet
With Joy in his Heart – Drum Set; with Percussion Septet

Percussion Ensemble Works

Caribbean Festival – Percussion Septet; with Piano; with Electric Bass
Duet No. 1 – Percussion Duet
Exit 39 – Percussion Quartet
Extremes – Percussion Septet
Feel The Spirit – Percussion Octet; with Piano
Fiesta Latina – Percussion Octet
March for Percussion Sextet – Percussion Sextet
Song of Joy – Percussion Nonet
Three Moods for Percussion – Percussion Duet