Camille Saint-Saëns
Samba Macabre
for Mallet Sextet with 4 optional Percussionists - Part
Camille Saint-Saëns
Samba Macabre
for Mallet Sextet with 4 optional Percussionists - Part
- Instrumentation 6 Mallets
- Optional Instrumentation 6 Mallets and 4 Percussion
- Composer Camille Saint-Saëns
- Editor Dan Armstrong
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Single Part
- Publisher Southern Music Company
- Order no. 03775578
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Description:
Based on the original 'Danse Macabre' by Camille Saint-Saens, Harry Breuer borrowed this famous melody for marimba in the style of an early 20th century samba. This arrangement for mallet sextet and four optional percussionists used Harry Breuer's version. Instrumentation: 1. Xylophone/Piccolo Wood Block, 2. Marimba 1/Vibraslap, 3. Vibes/Siren/Break Drums, 4. Marimba 2/Slide Whistle/Bones or Castanets, 5. Marimba 3/Wooden Agogos, 6. Bass Marimba/Wolf Howl, 7. 4 Optional Percusion (Timbales, Claves, 2 Low Toms, Light Shaker, Lion's Roar). Written for the Penn State Pecussion Ensemble by Dan Armstrong and premiered on Halloween, 1988.