Arranged to be playable by any combination of band instruments these duets cover a wide range of styles from the Baroque Period to the 20th Century. Difficulty ranges from grades II through IV providing a great deal of flexibility for the needs of young musicians. In addition to the mallet duet lines the percussion book provides an optional percussion line that can be used in place of or in addition to a duet line. Perfect for smaller ensembles with unusual instrumentation and for solo and ensemble festivals.

Philip Glass scored his work 1 + 1 for one player and amplified table top and as the performer determines the duration of the progressions is written for indeterminate length. It was written soon after his return to New Yorkfollowing a period in Europe studying with Nadia Boulanger and sitarist Ravi Shankar and is one of Glass’s earliest published works..American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential andprolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.’ His operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach areperformed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group The Philip Glass Ensemble.