{"product_id":"marimbology-gunther-schuller","title":"Schuller-Marimbology-M OS","description":"\u003ci\u003eMarimbology\u003c\/i\u003e was written by Gunther Schuller in the summer of 1993 on commission from New Music Marimba, Percussive Arts Society, William Moersch, Robert Van Sice, and Nancy Zeltsman, with a grant from the Meet-the-Composer\/Reader's Digest Commissioning Program. The work is in four contrasting movements, exploiting not only the wonderfully rich sonorities of the five-octave marimba, but its remarkable technical\/virtuosic and expressive capacities. The opening movement, marked \u003ci\u003eScherzando\u003c\/i\u003e, begins with a light trickle of high register sounds (like a tiny high-lying mountain spring), gradually running its course into the lower register, growing dynamically along the way, and eventually evolving into a jaunty scherzo in asymmetrical meters and odd rhythmic patterns. But soon the piece reverses itself, the long downward opening run now heading upwards (like running a film backwards) to a \"sudden-death\" chordal climax. The second movement, \u003ci\u003eRhapsody\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the darker and more harmonic qualities of the marimba. The middle section consists of one-hand tremolo pedal points accompanying the dramatic fanfare-like gestures. The movement ends on a quiet, contemplative note. The ensuing \u003ci\u003eSarabande\u003c\/i\u003e is stately in character, closing with a chorale-like passage and a wispy \"after-thought.\" The Finale, \u003ci\u003eToccata\u003c\/i\u003e, features a plethora of ragtimey syncopations and jazzy swing. It is a virtuoso tour-de-force which stretches the technical boundaries of marimba playing to its farthest limits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of players - 1\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty - Advanced\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation - Solo Marimba (4 mallets, 5.0 octave)","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43807187796022,"sku":"SCHULLER MUS 846","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/schuller-marimbology-m-os.jpg?v=1773479902","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/marimbology-gunther-schuller","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}