Cahn-Crystal Cabinet, The (2S/2CD)-B/V/Cro./P/CD - Product Information
The Crystal Cabinet was completed in May 2008. It was composed for and is dedicated to the Pendulum Percussion Duo- Susan Powell and Joseph Krygier. The piece takes its title after the poem by William Blake, the poet, painter, engraver and mystic born in London, in 1757, who in defiance of his era, ardently believed in the freedom of the imagination and the rejection of rationalism and materialism.
The music is scored for two percussionists and prerecorded CD. It reflects a lifelong fascination with free, open and meter less music in which seemingly independent and unrelated lines, when occurring simultaneously, can be perceived as connected, music in the same way as independent events in everyday life are seen as related in hindsight.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Vibraphone, 3 Wind chimes, Sm. Tam, Lg. Triangle, Rin, Small pair of cymbals
Player II: Glockenspiel, Crotales, 3 Sets of glass wind chimes, 2 Triangles, 2 Sus. Cym, Schellen
William L. Cahn has been a member of the NEXUS percussion group since 1971, and was principal percussionist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1995. Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Bill has performed with conductors, composers, ensembles, and artists representing diverse musical styles - Chet Atkins, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Chuck Mangione, Mitch Miller, Seiji Ozawa, Steve Reich, Doc Severensen, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, and Paul Winter. He has conducted programs with symphony orchestras, and his compositions for solo percussion, percussion ensemble and percussion with orchestra/band are widely performed. His fourth book, "Creative Music Making," on freeform improvisation was published by Routledge Books in 2005.
The music is scored for two percussionists and prerecorded CD. It reflects a lifelong fascination with free, open and meter less music in which seemingly independent and unrelated lines, when occurring simultaneously, can be perceived as connected, music in the same way as independent events in everyday life are seen as related in hindsight.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
William L. Cahn has been a member of the NEXUS percussion group since 1971, and was principal percussionist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1995. Born in Philadelphia in 1946, Bill has performed with conductors, composers, ensembles, and artists representing diverse musical styles - Chet Atkins, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Chuck Mangione, Mitch Miller, Seiji Ozawa, Steve Reich, Doc Severensen, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, and Paul Winter. He has conducted programs with symphony orchestras, and his compositions for solo percussion, percussion ensemble and percussion with orchestra/band are widely performed. His fourth book, "Creative Music Making," on freeform improvisation was published by Routledge Books in 2005.
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