Academic literature on the topic 'Concertos (Marimba) Marimba music'

The effects of musical context and musical instrument characteristics on timbre discrimination in a concert hall were examined. Isolated tones and six-tone melodies were recorded in two different locations of a concert hall using five musical instruments. Each trial consisted of either a pair of tones, or a pair of melodies, which had been recorded simultaneously at the two locations on the same instrument. No significant differences were found between responses for isolated tones and responses for melodies. Musical instrument characteristics did prove to be significant, with listeners best able to discriminate flute tones, followed in order by clarinet, trumpet, viola, and marimba. In a follow-up analysis, five physical attributes of each instrument were tested for their contribution to the predictability of the discrimination scores. Variance with respect to the mean power level of the sustained portion of a tone was found to be the dominant contributor of the total variance of subjective responses, and this implicates differences in the early reflection sequence of the room impulse response as a contributor to timbral discrimination.

Theoretical background. According to the concept of M. Bakhtin (1986, others), every from outstanding works enters to the “large time”, where it enriches with new meanings, senses, fully revealing the subtext embedded in it. A similar dialogue occurs directly in the process of composer’s interpretation of a literary text taken as the primary basis for a musical piece. Especially this is true for the archaic literary source, since the perception of it in the distant epoch don’t coincide with the way it is perceived by contemporaries of the composer. This phenomenon is due to a new cultural and historical context, and, as a result, the literary work acquires a new semantic content adequate to the musical opus, its perception by performers and public. Thus, a composer and performers of a musical-poetic opus, recipients and scientists enter into the dialogue of the “large time”, bringing their own intellectual baggage, thesaurus, artistic perception of art. In this case, the researcher need to take into account the unique artistic synthesis that arises as a result of the interaction of words, music and the all of means of artistic expression. The proposed study is based on M. Bakhtin’s concept of dialogue, which carries out in the semiotic space of culture. M. Bakhtin views the dialogue not only as a human-to-human contact but also as an appeal to a scientific or artistic text. Analyzing the vocal miniature, one should track the individualities of the authors of literary text and the musical work, at the same time filtering the meanings of the text of the vocal miniature through the own artistic experience, grasping the dialogue in the context of cultural and historical experience and “large memory”, (M. Bakhtin’s concept). The romance “Blackened Night” is addressed to the original members – soprano and marimba duet. However, from the standpoint of the need for performing reproduction of vocal and instrumental synthesis, it is appropriate to refer to the experience of concert pianists. The purpose of the study is to define the cultural and historical context of dialogue in “large time”, which determines the content-semantic areas of gravity between the word and music in the composer’s, performer’s interpretation and perception of the romance «Blackened Night» by Oksana Tadeush. Methods. The methodological basis of the study is the communicative model of the “large dialogue” (M. Bakhtin), which is carried out in the time-space (chronotope, according M. Bakhtin) and is based on the “large memory” of culture. On the other hand, the study used the methodology of interpretative performing analysis of musical works (in particular, the analytical approach by remarkable singer and researcher Ian Bostridge, 2019). The moment of coincidence of both research methodologies has been revealed: unraveling the semantic images of the opus simultaneously from the standpoint of the time of its writing and modernity, which helps to reveal the content of the cultural dialogue. Results. The study showed that the poem by Sappho is related to the «night» poetry characteristic of European culture, as well as to the symbol of Night, which the archetype of the Romantic era is. At the level of musical semantics, the connection with «night » poetry is reflected in the musical texture, since the arpeggio figures in accompaniment, as one of the texture units, is characteristic to the nocturne genre. The author concludes: the sound image of marimba corresponds best to the spirit of «night» poetry. The connection with archaic thinking is represented through the signs of monodic texture characterized for singing with the accompaniment in the Hellenistic era. Archaic origin is inherent in hemiolica (term by Yu. Kholopov, 2003): there is the scale with augmented second in the vocal part of O. Tadeush’s romance. Dialogue in “large time” was further extended by the performers on the premier of the romance (O. Velyka – soprano, and the author of this article – marimba) with the assistance of stage costumes (dresses that resemble ancient Greek tunics) that helped the communicator-interpreters to get deeper into the image. Interpreting Sappho’s «night» poetry, O. Tadeush turns to the sound image of marimba, which is the background for the heroine’s internal monologue. The dialogue not only with the author of the poetic text arises, but also with the tradition of the chamber-vocal genre in historical retrospective, as the second member of the ensemble in O. Tadeush’s romance is not the piano, but the marimba (a percussion instrument related to the piano, but at the same time unique in terms of timbre and articulation). The articulation of a percussionist who intones on the marimba should fill each sound with coloring vibration to make it expressive and meaningful, to achieve a variety of sounds of this mono-timbre instrument with helping of use of varieties touché and registers, in according with dynamics of form-building and figurative development of the work. Conclusion. To sum up, we note that in the romance «Blackened Night» Oksana Tadeush enters into dialogue with great Sappho, reproducing the world of her poems, melody and rhythm of the poetic text in the original language. The composer creates a unique artistic concept, following the laws of the chamber-vocal genre with regard to the duet of singing and instrumental voices as well as the laws of music in accordance with the current tendencies of the beginning of the 21st century, where the search for an extraordinary artistic solution is not the last argument. As a research prospect interesting the author, further clarification of the specificity of the implementation of the sound images of percussion instruments in the creativity of the composers of the Kharkiv School is suggested, taking into account the individuality of the artistic concept of each piece of music.

Until the world première of Joe Duddell's Ruby on 25 July, I had yet to hear a percussion concerto which didn't trip itself up. I thought it was in the nature of the beast: the orchestra develops some material, which is then passed to the percussion, at which point all development perforce stops. Duddell (b. 1972) solved the problem by turning it on its head, and limiting the orchestral material to what the solo percussionist could handle; the downside is that he necessarily limits the expressive scope of the orchestra. Ruby – the title is simply a rhyming-slang working label that stuck: it's the final part of a trilogy of works written for the percussionist Colin Currie – opens with a vibraphone pattern that suggests a lyrical music-box and soon shows a stylistic affinity with American minimalism, which alternates with slabs of good-natured energy. The slow movement begins with tremolo marimba chords over string lines that drift aimlessly and agreeably, with a more active central section spurred by brief brass figures which trigger rising scalic patterns in the vibraphone. The initial material returns with soft-centred strings above hypnotic vibraphone figuration and is sung to a close by the rapturous sound of bowed vibraphone chords. The finale likewise deals in cheerfully mesmeric vibraphone patterns over a wash of strings and stuttering comment from horns and trumpets; the soloist then offers an improvised toccata on drum-kit backed by forceful rhythms from a near-tutti orchestra. The vibraphone resumes its jolly prattle until, seemingly having run out of things to say, the music just stops dead. Currie, supported by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the functional Marin Alsop, played it with obvious commitment, and from memory – no small achievement in such motoric music.

Teknik empat mallet sudah tidak asing lagi dalam dunia musik khususnya pada musik perkusi melodis ( definite ) seperti, marimba, vibraphone. Penjabaran dalam karya tulis ini adalah tentang penerapan teknik empat mallet pada lagu Tambourin Paraprase for Solo Marimba karya Keiko Abe.Penulisan tugas akhir ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi kepada masyarakat umum dan mahasiswa ISI Yogyakarta khususnya mengenai permainan marimba dengan menggunakan teknik empat mallet.Proses penerapan teknik empat mallet pada lagu Tambourin Paraprase for Solo Marimba menggunakan berbagai teknik seperti, tradisional roll, independen roll, shaft mallet, dead mallet dan termasuk dalam hal pemilihan mallet. Hal itu sangatlah penting karena justru dari teknik tersebut setiap karya musik khususnya marimba yang dimainkan hasilnya akan menjadi lebih baik dan lebih hidup. Four-mallet technique is no stranger to the world of music, especially the melodic percussion instruments (definite) such as, marimba, vibraphone. Elaboration in this paper is on the application of four-mallet technique on songs Tambourin Paraprase for Solo Marimba work Keiko Abe.This thesis aims to provide information to the general public and students of ISI in particular regarding the practicing marimba using four techniques mallet.Process application of techniques four mallet on track Tambourin Paraprase for Solo Marimba using various techniques such as traditional, roll, independent roll, shaft mallet, mallet dead and included in the selection mallet. It is important because precisely of these techniques every piece of music especially played marimba result will be better and more alive.KeywordsFour mallet technique; tambourine Paraphrase for Solo Marimba.

Performing the art of music in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 experienced many changes, these changes had a big impact on industry players in terms of music marketing and consumers to enjoy music. In the era of revolution 4.0, every individual is currently required to race against each other in filling life both in education and skills. To respond to the challenges in this 4.0 era, the writer has a desire to change himself, both in ways of thinking and in skills so that the author can be useful both for self-improvement and beneficial to many audiences. On this occasion, the presenter performed a modern repertoire using marimba instruments that had different levels of difficulty. It is a challenge for the presenter to master the techniques with the difficulties inherent in each repertoire. Marimba is a type of melodic percussion instrument that is rarely known by the public. In this marimba show, the presenter presents a musical repertoire, i.e The Variation On Theme (From the Malay's “Pucuk Pisang”) the show is presented in the form of a solo marimba and accompaniment. Repertoire The Variation On Theme (From the Malay's “Pucuk Pisang”) has a difficulty level. Here the presenter is required to master and practice all the difficulties contained in the repertoire, especially basic techniques.

Music Composition
Ph.D.
ABSTRACT Marimba Rossa is a three-movement concert piece for marimba and symphony orchestra. The 14-minute piece is written in the spirit of the Italian Baroque concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (the "Red Priest" for whom the piece is named), using a harmonic and rhythm language that is heavily influenced by the concert and pop music of the late twentieth-century. Marimba Rossa was composed with the concept of Ars Combinatoria in mind. First espoused by George Rochberg in 1973, Ars Combinatoria is concert music that uses musical gestures drawn from any musical tradition. The accompanying monograph provides a detailed history of the modern concert marimba and an account of the evolution of its concert and popular music repertoire. Specific information about the marimba's origins in Asia, its place in the Bible, the development of the European strohfiedel xylophone, the refinement of the instrument in America, and a discussion of the Guatemalan, Mexican, and Japanese marimba tradition is included to provide a context and rationale for the composing of Marimba Rossa. The contributions of John Calhoun Deagan, Ulysses G. Leedy, George Hamilton Green, Harry Breuer, Clair Omar Musser, and others are chronicled. Other topics include: the use of the xylophone in the symphony orchestra; polytonality; modal writing; and the folk music of Calabria, Italy. The monograph also describes the juxtaposition of the marimba and various instrumental consorts and the metaphoric class struggle these pairings represent in Marimba Rossa.
Temple University--Theses

Music Composition
Ph.D.
ABSTRACT Marimba Rossa is a three-movement concert piece for marimba and symphony orchestra. The 14-minute piece is written in the spirit of the Italian Baroque concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (the "Red Priest" for whom the piece is named), using a harmonic and rhythm language that is heavily influenced by the concert and pop music of the late twentieth-century. Marimba Rossa was composed with the concept of Ars Combinatoria in mind. First espoused by George Rochberg in 1973, Ars Combinatoria is concert music that uses musical gestures drawn from any musical tradition. The accompanying monograph provides a detailed history of the modern concert marimba and an account of the evolution of its concert and popular music repertoire. Specific information about the marimba's origins in Asia, its place in the Bible, the development of the European strohfiedel xylophone, the refinement of the instrument in America, and a discussion of the Guatemalan, Mexican, and Japanese
Temple University--Theses

Music Composition
Ph.D.
ABSTRACT Marimba Rossa is a three-movement concert piece for marimba and symphony orchestra. The 14-minute piece is written in the spirit of the Italian Baroque concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (the "Red Priest" for whom the piece is named), using a harmonic and rhythm language that is heavily influenced by the concert and pop music of the late twentieth-century. Marimba Rossa was composed with the concept of Ars Combinatoria in mind. First espoused by George Rochberg in 1973, Ars Combinatoria is concert music that uses musical gestures drawn from any musical tradition. The accompanying monograph provides a detailed history of the modern concert marimba and an account of the evolution of its concert and popular music repertoire. Specific information about the marimba's origins in Asia, its place in the Bible, the development of the European strohfiedel xylophone, the refinement of the instrument in America, and a discussion of the Guatemalan, Mexican, and Japanese marimba tradition is included to provide a context and rationale for the composing of Marimba Rossa. The contributions of John Calhoun Deagan, Ulysses G. Leedy, George Hamilton Green, Harry Breuer, Clair Omar Musser, and others are chronicled. Other topics include: the use of the xylophone in the symphony orchestra; polytonality; modal writing; and the folk music of Calabria, Italy. The monograph also describes the juxtaposition of the marimba and various instrumental consorts and the metaphoric class struggle these pairings represent in Marimba Rossa.
Temple University--Theses

Music Composition
Ph.D.
ABSTRACT Marimba Rossa is a three-movement concert piece for marimba and symphony orchestra. The 14-minute piece is written in the spirit of the Italian Baroque concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (the "Red Priest" for whom the piece is named), using a harmonic and rhythm language that is heavily influenced by the concert and pop music of the late twentieth-century. Marimba Rossa was composed with the concept of Ars Combinatoria in mind. First espoused by George Rochberg in 1973, Ars Combinatoria is concert music that uses musical gestures drawn from any musical tradition. The accompanying monograph provides a detailed history of the modern concert marimba and an account of the evolution of its concert and popular music repertoire. Specific information about the marimba's origins in Asia, its place in the Bible, the development of the European strohfiedel xylophone, the refinement of the instrument in America, and a discussion of the Guatemalan, Mexican, and Japanese marimba tradition is included to provide a context and rationale for the composing of Marimba Rossa. The contributions of John Calhoun Deagan, Ulysses G. Leedy, George Hamilton Green, Harry Breuer, Clair Omar Musser, and others are chronicled. Other topics include: the use of the xylophone in the symphony orchestra; polytonality; modal writing; and the folk music of Calabria, Italy. The monograph also describes the juxtaposition of the marimba and various instrumental consorts and the metaphoric class struggle these pairings represent in Marimba Rossa.
Temple University--Theses

Music Composition
Ph.D.
ABSTRACT Marimba Rossa is a three-movement concert piece for marimba and symphony orchestra. The 14-minute piece is written in the spirit of the Italian Baroque concertos of Antonio Vivaldi (the "Red Priest" for whom the piece is named), using a harmonic and rhythm language that is heavily influenced by the concert and pop music of the late twentieth-century. Marimba Rossa was composed with the concept of Ars Combinatoria in mind. First espoused by George Rochberg in 1973, Ars Combinatoria is concert music that uses musical gestures drawn from any musical tradition. The accompanying monograph provides a detailed history of the modern concert marimba and an account of the evolution of its concert and popular music repertoire. Specific information about the marimba's origins in Asia, its place in the Bible, the development of the European strohfiedel xylophone, the refinement of the instrument in America, and a discussion of the Guatemalan, Mexican, and Japanese marimba tradition is included to provide a context and rationale for the composing of Marimba Rossa. The contributions of John Calhoun Deagan, Ulysses G. Leedy, George Hamilton Green, Harry Breuer, Clair Omar Musser, and others are chronicled. Other topics include: the use of the xylophone in the symphony orchestra; polytonality; modal writing; and the folk music of Calabria, Italy. The monograph also describes the juxtaposition of the marimba and various instrumental consorts and the metaphoric class struggle these pairings represent in Marimba Rossa.
Temple University--Theses

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2007.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded June 21, 2004, June 13, 2005, Mar. 27, 2006, and Sept. 21, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).

Through successful personal training, verified assessments, and professional applications, a musician can establish a personal career as a performing artist. This study seeks not only to explore the ways in which musicians can better their own musicianship, but to how they can inspire and empower others through philanthropic applications of their art. A musician’s laboratory exists both in the practice room and on the concert stage. Therefore, for twelve months, the author sought out the most diverse research and performance opportunities, including performances as a featured soloist in Canada and as guest timpanist with the Moscow Symphony in Russia. The project culminated in a benefit concert titled, …in loving memory, raising nearly $5,000 for the Alzheimer's Association. Through personal experiences, the author outlines the solo, small ensemble, and large ensemble performance opportunities that were pursued in order to improve his own musicianship and then applied to the performance of the benefit concert. Offering a "look behind the curtain," this document will also address the logistical hurdles for tackling a charitable event of this scale.

This is a compilation of the music performed at the graduation recital of John Estacio on April 11,1991, at 2.30 p.m. in the U.B.C. Recital Hall. There were four pieces performed that afternoon including Azimuth for viola, clarinet and marimba, written in 1989. Ode on the Death of A Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes for S.A.T.B. choir was written in 1989 and uses the text of Thomas Gray. Moments is a set of three pieces for woodwind quintet written in 1990. Viola Concerto is in three movements and was written in 1991 for Reg Quiring, a former U.B.C. student. The concerto is scored for solo viola and chamber orchestra. A cassette copy of the recital is available with this book.
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Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra is a twenty-two minute work cast in a traditional three movement concerto form. The basic harmonic/melodic materials are hexads and complementary hexads built on intervallic projections as propounded in Howard Hanson's Harmonic Materials of Modern Music. The opening movement is in double exposition form with a cadenza before the recapitulation. Marimba techniques used in the opening movement include chromatic thirty-second notes, mirrored octaves and single hand alternate sticking patterns. The form of the second movement is a rondo song form: a- b- a (inversion)- b (inversion)- c- c (retrograde)- b (retrograde-inversion)- a. The marimba plays rolled chords throughout much of the movement. The form of the third movement is a fast sonata-rondo form: a - b - a - development - b - a - coda. The development section of this final movement develops materials from both of the preceding movements and thus creates a cyclic form for the work. Marimba techniques explored in the third movement include dead strokes, octave dead strokes alternating with rolled octaves and, thirty-second note hexad patterns in fast alternation with the orchestra. This movement also contains sections in which the xylophone plays in duet with the marimba. Some of the compositional techniques used in the Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra include rhythmic modulation, augmentation, diminution, ostinato, inversion, retrograde, mirroring, odd meters, fragmentation, parallel motion, contrary motion, African rhythmic structure, harmonization with complementary sets and register sweeps.

Abstract A marimba bar makes a rich and vibrant sound when played by a skilled musician. When that same marimba bar is played by the typical mechanical engineering junior, it’s a different story. Then, that same marimba key provides a complex set of vibration modes that are a useful subject for a lab experiment in their Measurements & Instrumentation course. This paper will describe development of “The Marimba Experiment”, which is part of a junior-level engineering course in measurements at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Learning outcomes for this course include “provide students with hands-on experience: using various sensors, performing data collection, and interpretation of experimental results.” In this experiment, students measure vibrations using a piezoelectric accelerometer, charge amplifier and analog-to-digital conversion. Results can be viewed in two ways. First, it may be interpreted as a general example of a vibrating structural component. It has several natural frequencies and mode shapes (transverse bending, lateral bending, torsional), which are simultaneously active. The signal represents an example of a complex periodic signal. It may be analyzed by looking at the acceleration versus time response and by examining the Fourier transform of the data, which shows results in the frequency domain. Second, results may be interpreted in musical terms. The lowest frequency is what we recognize as “the note” and the higher modes represent the higher harmonics. The distribution of frequency ratios and the relative amplitudes of the higher frequencies are what gives a musical instrument its unique character. In other words, what makes middle-C on a marimba sound different than middle-C on a clarinet or violin? A well-designed engineering experiment can give students an immediate application example. In this case, it is an example which they spontaneously want to explore because they all enjoy music and want to understand how it is created.