Sheet Music Downloads by Askell Masson

The Sonatina's three movements are played without a break. The opening Andante is a dark, slow waltz - a spectre, perhaps, of old Vienna - with its tightly coiled motifs leading to a more lyrical, med...

These 3 Bagatelles, for clarinet alone, by Icelandic composer Askell Masson, are a study of contrasts involving a wide range of dynamics while utilizing the full range of the clarinet. Quest, the firs...

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 4.4.5.4. - 6.4.5.2 - timpani, percussion (6), harp - strings

Symphony Orchestra Exact instrumentation: 3.3.3.3. - 4.3.3.1. - percussion, timpani, harp, celesta - strings Frón means Iceland, and this work is based on fragments from Icelandic folk songs. The open...

Ora is latin and means coast. With this title, I want to think to the ocean and the fact that Iceland is surrounded by it and that it links us to our neighboring countries. It also refers to our origi...

Snare Drum and Orchestra or Brass Band or Wind Band or Piano or Percussion Ensemble. Exact instrumentation: Orchestra version: 2.2.2.2 - 6 (horn 5 & 6 ad lib.).2.3.1 - 3 percussion, timpani(4), string...

Íma is a fairy maiden from an Icelandic folk tale. It tells of when she approaches a peasant in the fields with affection also promising him access to a book with supernatural powers. When, after deny...

Marimba and 3 Percussionists Exact instrumentation: perc. I: picc. woodblock, 2 wood blocks, sus. cymbal, glockenspiel, bass drum perc. II: 4 temple blocks, sus. cymbal, vibraphone, large frame drum p...

Performance notice This piece is written for four mallets only. The player has to choose on which surface he plays and then chooses the mallets accordingly to acquire a pleasant sound. The surface can...

This string orchestra work was written to the memory of the author's great grandfather, whose name was Otto N. Thorlaksson. He was a seaman, mostly working in very harsh circumstances on the old cutte...

This organ piece, composed in April, 2009, is a five and a half minute work of contemplative, somber music. The score includes a brief, moving chromatic middle section that lead to a serenely peaceful...

The two main organizational elements that form the basis of this work are a rhythmic motive (which spans over the metres 2/4 3/4 3/4 2/4 3/4) and a tone row that mirrors around its middle (A, C, D, Eb...

Maes Howe is a large sepulchral mound in the Orkney Islands of northern Scotland, containing a long passage that leads to a rectangular central burial chamber whose walls hold small vaults. Built some...

Marimba solo (A-c''')

Marimba solo.