Dietz-Songs from the Infinite Plane (SP)-V/M

Commissioned by a consortium of performers and educators organized by John Kilkenny and Daniel Heagney, Songs from the Infinite Plane is a collection of fifteen intermediate duets for vibraphone and marimba. My primary compositional goal in writing these pieces was to think more melodically. The end result was a "song book." In many of the duos, the vibraphone carries the melody, but not always. The marimba's function is mostly harmonic and rhythmic throughout. There are several pieces where I reversed the duty of the two instruments with good results. A good practice would be to learn five duos for a performance. An advanced piece called The Mandela Effect is included as a bonus at the end of the collection.
- Brett Dietz

Number of players: 2
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation

Player 1: Vibraphone
Player 2: Marimba (4-5 octave)