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The title of Dissolve refers both to the literal definition of the term, a separation of an entity into its constituent parts, and to a cinemagraphic technique in which one image is gradually transformed into another. Resonant sounds dissolve according to their natural acoustical decay. Sustained sounds dissolve into percussive passages and definitely pitched sonorities dissolve into the sounds of indefinitely pitched instruments. Homophonic and polyphonic textures dissolve into one another. Dissolve is composed in a three section form that resembles ternary or rounded binary but is neither, as the three sections are distinguished mostly by timbre, texture, and the relationship between definite and indefinite pitch.
Number of Players: 8
Difficulty: Grade 6
Instrumentation:
Player I: Marimba, Cowbell
Player II: Marimba, Claves
Player III: Marimba, Wood Block
Player IV: Marimba, Bass Drum
Player V: Vibraphone, 3 Suspended Cymbals
Player VI: Temple Blocks, Small Tam-Tam, Orchestra Bells
Player VII: 4 Tom-Toms, Large Tam-Tam
Player VIII: Crotales, Suspended Brake Drum
Daniel Adams was born in Miami Florida in 1956. He is currently a Professor of Music and Chair of the Faculty Senate at Texas Southern University. He has previously held teaching positions at the University of Miami and Miami-Dade Community College. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (1985) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music (1981) from the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Music (1978) from Louisiana State University. Adams is the composer of numerous published and unpublished musical compositions and the author of several articles and reviews on 20th. Century percussion music, music pedagogy, and the music of Texas. He is also the author of The Solo Snare Drum: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Compositional Techniques, a book published in 2000 by Honey Rock Music. He has received awards and honors from ASCAP, the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Percussive Arts Society, and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. His music is recorded on Capstone Records and Summit Records.
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