Joseph Schwantner
Velocities
Moto Perpetuo for Solo Marimba
Joseph Schwantner
Velocities
Moto Perpetuo for Solo Marimba
- Instrumentation Marimba
- Composer Joseph Schwantner
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. ED30002
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Description:
Written for marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens, Velocities is characterized by a continuously unfolding texture of rapid gestures within a framework of continually shifting meters. The first major division opens with a series of aggressive articulations of a repeating harmonic idea followed by wave-like ostinati figures presented in seven-eight meter. The second principal section continues with ever-persistent sixteenth notes framed in triple meter. The last major section re-engages the primary musical elements presented and developed earlier and leads to a forceful and spirited conclusion.