Marimba Solo
Sammut-Rotation IV-M
Sammut's "Four Rotations" have become some of the most frequently perfomed works for solo marimba. In "Four Rotations" all the mallets are important, because they use the "sin...
Burritt-Caritas-M
Caritas by Michael Burritt is a 3 movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. The 1st movement titled "Mystic" employs rapid double latera...
Debussy-Arabesque I arr. Takada-M
Claude Debussy's beautiful and flowing "Arabesque I" masterfully arranged for solo marimba by Naoko Takada. This piece sounds as if the original work was written for marimba!...
McMillan-Masterpieces for Marimba-M
Masterpieces for Marimba arranged by Thomas McMillan is one of the most popular books for marimba out there. McMillan has skillfully arranged music for marimba by s...
Maslanka-My Lady White-M
My Lady White by David Maslanka is a collection of three songs for solo marimba. All three are very beautiful pieces and are among the best tonal literature for solo...
Bach-Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin-Galamian
Johann Sebastian Bach's 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin are perfectly suited for marimba solo. Ranging in difficulty from medium to advanced, they present challenges to al...
Burritt, Michael-Offering, The-M
Michael Burritt's The Offering is a short, yet solemn work. This piece offers a perfect opportunity for the player to experiment with tone color and rubato while show...
Hatch-Challenge I-M
This fine collection of pieces by master teacher, Earl Hatch, is now available from Studio 4 Music. The collection includes "Furioso and Valse in D Minor," "Capriccio Marimba,...
Tyson-Anubis-M
Anubis by Blake Tyson is a virtuosic showpiece for solo marimba. The "Egyptian" scale and the presence of an ancient Egyptian folk song combine to conjure images of pha...
Bach-Sonatas and Partitas for Violin-Schirmer-Mal
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 3-6 Instrumentation: Violin (sub Marimba)
Glennie-Three Chorales-M (A Little Prayer, Light in the Darkness, Giles)
Evelyn Glennie's meteoric career as a solo percussionist has brought a new appreciation of percussion to audiences, not least through her own compositions and transcriptions. ...
Debussy-Children's Corner (ed. Stevens)-M
Leigh Howard Stevens' arrangement of Debussy's Children's Corner is presented here as a transcription from his recording of the arrangement. Although the marimba's t...
Albeniz-Asturias (Leyenda) arr. Stevens-M
Asturias is a familiar work of Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz and is best known to concert audiences in its guitar transcription. Rather than base his transcription on ...
Gomez-Marimba Flamenca-M
Alice Gomez's Marimba Flamenca features dance like textures and rhythms. This is an enjoyable work for four mallet marimba. Requires 4 octave instrument. Number...
Monkman-Parody-M
Parody is a reflection on an event in the life of composer Jesse Monkman. While this event remains anonymous, the reactions of the composer during the event are inten...
Gipson-Monograph IV-M
Monograph IV by Richard Gipson has a become a standard in the marimba solo literature. A very fun piece to play incorporating mixed meters and a fast, bouncy tempo. A...
Skoog-Water and Fire for Marimba-M
Donald Skoog's Water & Fire for solo marimba presents two contrasting movements describing these basic elements of life. Movement 1, Water, displays the undulations ...
Stout-Beads of Glass-M
One of Gordon Stout's most recent compositions for solo marimba, Beads of Glass , is a beautiful tapestry of tonal sounds for a five octave marimba. It's level of diffic...
Bach-Cello Suite #1 in G Major arr. Gaetano-M
This is J.S. Bach's Cello Suite #1 skillfully transcribed for marimba by Mario A. Gaetano. Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 4+ Instrumentation: Mar...
