gordon stout: Compositions
Etudes for Marimba, Book 2 (1975)
(solo marimba)
Sound Clip - No.9 (complete)
1975. Exclusively for four mallet marimba. These pieces are more lengthy and difficult than those of Book 1. In composing these etudes, I was more concerned with developing formal structures that a specific technique for each etude. The sixth etude is in a choral style. The seventh etude explores the use of glissandi. The eighth etudes is dedicated to Keiko Abe, and is in a variations form, and is probably one of the most difficult pieces I have composed. The ninth etude is one of my most favorite pieces to perform, and is influenced by jazz rhythms and figures. The tenth etude is a twelve-tone composition.
Publisher: Studio 4 Productions/KPP (www.mostlymarimba.com).
Recorded: "Gordon Stout: Music for Solo Marimba"(temporarily out of print).