Aldenhoff-C Major in Latin (SP)-V/X/2M/BM/DS/P

Thomas Aldenhoff composed C Major in Latin to provide a work that would have many levels of difficulty for individual players. The C major scale is the basic idea for the composition and draws itself like a red thread throughout this piece.


Number of Players: 5-10
Difficulty: Grade 5+
Instrumentation:
Player I: Vibraphone
Player II: Marimba I
Player III: Marimba II
Player IV: Xylophone
Player V: Bass Marimba
Player VI: Tambourine
Player VII: Clave, Agogo Bells
Player VIII: Conga
Player IX: Shaker
Player X: Drum Set

Thomas Aldenhoff was born in 1964 in Hagen, Germany. He studied drums and percussion at the Konservatorium Osnabruck and at the Hochscule for Music and Theatre in Hamburg.

*Can be performed as a mallet quintet