Score Soprano Saxophone
and Marimba - Grade 4
SKU: HL.14022193
For Soprano Saxophone,
Marimba, and Percussion
Score. Composed by
Nico Muhly. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover], Score and
Parts. With Text
language: English. St.
Rose Music #SRO100014.
Published by St. Rose
Music (HL.14022193).
UPC: 884088840907.
8.5x11.0x0.205 inches.
English.
Written
for soprano saxophone,
marimba and percussion.
Time After Time was
written for the Yesaroun'
Duo (comprising
multi-percussionist Sam
Solomon & saxophonist
Eric Hewitt) and
marimbist Nancy Zeltsman.
I set out to write a
piece that was primarily
energetic and
rhythmically challenging
enough for two
percussionist and one
honorary percussionist to
play. The title refers to
the fact that all the
material recycles itself
at different speeds. The
marimba's long,
quasi-chorale lines
proceed, initially,
without noticing the
rhythmic shifts and
upheaval below. Halfway
through the piece, a
jagged marimba solo
features the instrument's
precise, dance-like
qualities, and after
being joined by the
saxophone and percussion,
propels the whole
ensemble towards the
rhythmic and harmonic
excesses of the final
section.