Ishii-For Lily: Paraphrase on Thirteen Drums PERFORMANCE SET (set of five scores)-M/V/P - Product Information
"For Lily" is a publication exclusive to Steve Weiss Music. This composition is similar to Ishii's famous work "Thirteen Drums". The solo part to "Thirteen Drums" is preserved close to it's original version in " For Lily". A percussion quartet accompaniment has been added by Ishii to add a pitched element to this work. Don't miss out on performing this soon to be famous work that is finally available in the United States.
This item includes a full performance set of 5 scores.
Number of Players: 5
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Gong, Tam-Tam, 3 pipes, Piatti, Glockenspiel
Player I: 2 Hyoshigi, Xylophone, Mokusho, 2 Woodblocks
Player I: (Solo) Bass Drum, 4 Congas, 4 Pr. Bongos
Player I: Vibraphone
Player I: Marimba 4 oct.
Maki Ishii was born on May 28th, 1936 in Tokyo as the third son of Baku Ishii, the celebrated dancer and choreographer who played a pioneering role in establishing the genre of modern dance in Japan.
After studying composition and conducting from 1952 to 1958 in Tokyo he moved to Berlin where he continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin (West), as student of e.g. Josef Rufer and Boris Blacher. In 1962 he returned to Japan. In 1969 he was invited to Berlin by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to take part in their "Berliner Künstlerprogramm". Since then he has been active there as well as in Japan as a composer and conductor.
His compositions have been performed all over the world. Concerts as "Composer's Portrait of Maki Ishii" have been held in Paris at the Festival d'Automne 1978, at the Berliner Festwochen 1981, in Geneva at the Été Japonais 1983, in Tokyo at the Music Today 1987, at the Suntory Music Foundation Orchestral Concert 1989, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra 1990, in the Hague at the Residentie Orchestra 1992, to name but a few.
This item includes a full performance set of 5 scores.
Number of Players: 5
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Maki Ishii was born on May 28th, 1936 in Tokyo as the third son of Baku Ishii, the celebrated dancer and choreographer who played a pioneering role in establishing the genre of modern dance in Japan.
After studying composition and conducting from 1952 to 1958 in Tokyo he moved to Berlin where he continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin (West), as student of e.g. Josef Rufer and Boris Blacher. In 1962 he returned to Japan. In 1969 he was invited to Berlin by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to take part in their "Berliner Künstlerprogramm". Since then he has been active there as well as in Japan as a composer and conductor.
His compositions have been performed all over the world. Concerts as "Composer's Portrait of Maki Ishii" have been held in Paris at the Festival d'Automne 1978, at the Berliner Festwochen 1981, in Geneva at the Été Japonais 1983, in Tokyo at the Music Today 1987, at the Suntory Music Foundation Orchestral Concert 1989, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra 1990, in the Hague at the Residentie Orchestra 1992, to name but a few.
