Marimba Solo
Hopper-Ghost Garden-M
Ghost Garden by Adam Hopper for solo 4.3-octave marimba. This four mallet piece is inspired by vacant and abandoned lots. These areas, once reclaimed by the earth, are sometim...
Norton-November Evening-M
November Evening was premiered by composer Christopher Norton on November 1, 1994 at Western Kentucky University. Two rhythmically charged themes open the piece and p...
Arlen-Over the Rainbow arr. Oetomo-M
Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen arranged for 5-octave marimba by Robert Oetomo. This arrangement was created with the intention of having a combination of jazz influences (ha...
Bach-Sonatas and Partitas for Violin-Peters ed.-M
Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin have become mainstays in the marimba repertoire. This collection from Edition Peters has been edited and compiled by Carl Flesch. The s...
Samuels-Footpath-M
Footpath by Dave Samuels was originally recorded in June of 1989 for an album entitled Ten Degrees North (MCA Records 6326). This piece was an improvised so...
Abe-Three Monologues-M
Keiko Abe's Three Monologues contains three short pieces for solo marimba. 1.Song of the Seashore for Solo Marimba 2.Kazak Lullaby for Solo Marimba 3.Pia...
Lin-April Sky-M (5 oct.)
April Sky by Chin Cheng Lin is a four mallet solo scored for 5 octave marimba. This lyrical solo is ideal for intermediate performers. Duration: 7 minutes
Peters-Chant for Marimba-M
This legato, trance like piece will be a great performance vehicle to highlight the two mallet roll technique of a young player. Chant can be a practical diversion from the te...
Sammut-Rotation II-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...
Daughtrey-Yuletide Marimbist
The Yuletide Marimbist was created by Nathan Daughtrey to fill a void in Christmas literature for 4-mallet solo marimba. Spanning a wide range of styles, these arrangem...
Bach-Sonata in A Minor (orig g minor) arr. Stevens-M
Arranged by Leigh Howard Stevens, here is Bach's Sonata in G minor transposed to A minor for marimba alone. This is the sonata that contains the famous G minor fugue...
Alamo-Remembrance-M
Remembrance by Dr. Juan Àlamo is a marimba solo scored for 5 octave marimba. The work begins with a short introduction followed by the main theme in the key of D...
Tchaikovsky-Album for the Young arr. Stevens-M
Leigh Howard Stevens' masterful verison of Tschaikovsky's The Album for the Young is transcribed directly from his CD Marimba When... . As one of the great i...
Kopetzki-Three Movements for a Solo Dancer-M
Three Movements For a Solo Dancer by Eckhard Kopetzki won the 1st place prize in the Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest - Marimba Solo category in 2003. The...
Burritt-Azure-M
A more discursive, lyrical and introspective Burritt style is developed in his piece, Azure . As is always the case with the music of Michael Burritt, the marimba writin...
Chopin-Nocturne op. 9 #2 arr. Albert-M
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 5 Instrumentation: 4.5 Octave Marimba (low E) with notes for 4.3 Octave Marimba
Friedman-Marshmellow-M
Marshmellow by David Friedman is light, airy, with a touch of irony and simply fun toplay. This is an excellent encore piece. Written for 5 octave marimba. Num...
Albeniz-Tango-(arr.Kumor)-M
Tango is a transcription of the second movement of the "Espana" cycle which is priginally a composition for solo piano by Isaac Albeniz. Tango is commonly heard as a solo guit...
Bach-371 Four Part Chorales COMPLETE-M
Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 5 Instrumentation: Mallet Instrument
Albeniz-Leyenda arr. Maxey-M
An arrangement of the popular Albeniz work. This is an easy to interpret, well detailed transcription for marimba. Number of Players: 1 Difficulty: Grade 3 I...
