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Songs Without Words is a suite of three pieces originally composed for solo piano by Felix Mendelssohn. The open chord structure and simple harmonic sequences of "Confidence" Op. 19, No. 4; "Consolation" Op. 30, No. 3; and "Faith" Op. 102, No. 6 are employed in this four-mallet arrangement for solo marimba.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Player I: Marimba 5 Oct.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany began, like Mozart, as a child prodigy. His father, Abraham, was a successful banker; his influential mother, Leah Solomon, was an amateur musician. Young Felix studied both the violin and piano and gave his first public recital at age nine. Encouraged by his family and teachers, Felix began writing music when he was 10 years old. At the age of 17, he astonished the world with his masterpiece, the Overture to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." By this time he had already written his twelve symphonies for string orchestra.
He had a deep respect for musical tradition and for the past, and was largely responsible for the mid-19th century revival of interest in J.S. Bach's music. In 1829, at the age of 20, Mendelssohn conducted the first performance of the St. Matthew Passion since Bach's death nearly eighty years before. Mendelssohn toured, guest conducted and composed incessantly, and participated in endless rounds of social engagements and chamber music engagements.
Mendelssohn's elder sister Fanny was also a talented composer and pianist. Her work was not publicly performed, however, because a musical career was not thought proper for women then. There had always been a close bond between the two siblings, and when Fanny died in May 1847, Felix fell into a deep depression. Already exhausted and ill, he never recovered from Fanny's death. His own death followed a few months later.
ABOUT THE ARRANGER
New Jersey native Jeff Calissi (b. 1976) has a broad range of experience as a pedagogue, composer, and performing artist. The world of percussion has taken him to Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States performing with symphony orchestras, opera companies, and wind, percussion, and chamber ensembles. As a percussionist and marimba soloist, Jeff has performed in an array of venues such as the Southeastern Composers League Conference, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, and the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. An active member of the Percussive Arts Society, he has presented at the society's international convention (PASIC), is an associate keyboard editor for Percussive Notes journal, and serves on the Scholarly Research Committee. Jeff's compact disc recording, compositions, and arrangements are available from C. Alan Publications and his research is published in Percussive Notes and the Percussive Arts Society Online Research Journal.
Jeff received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Radford University and both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is an assistant professor of music at Eastern Connecticut State University where he serves as the director of percussion.
Number of Players: 2
Difficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany began, like Mozart, as a child prodigy. His father, Abraham, was a successful banker; his influential mother, Leah Solomon, was an amateur musician. Young Felix studied both the violin and piano and gave his first public recital at age nine. Encouraged by his family and teachers, Felix began writing music when he was 10 years old. At the age of 17, he astonished the world with his masterpiece, the Overture to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." By this time he had already written his twelve symphonies for string orchestra.
He had a deep respect for musical tradition and for the past, and was largely responsible for the mid-19th century revival of interest in J.S. Bach's music. In 1829, at the age of 20, Mendelssohn conducted the first performance of the St. Matthew Passion since Bach's death nearly eighty years before. Mendelssohn toured, guest conducted and composed incessantly, and participated in endless rounds of social engagements and chamber music engagements.
Mendelssohn's elder sister Fanny was also a talented composer and pianist. Her work was not publicly performed, however, because a musical career was not thought proper for women then. There had always been a close bond between the two siblings, and when Fanny died in May 1847, Felix fell into a deep depression. Already exhausted and ill, he never recovered from Fanny's death. His own death followed a few months later.
ABOUT THE ARRANGER
New Jersey native Jeff Calissi (b. 1976) has a broad range of experience as a pedagogue, composer, and performing artist. The world of percussion has taken him to Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States performing with symphony orchestras, opera companies, and wind, percussion, and chamber ensembles. As a percussionist and marimba soloist, Jeff has performed in an array of venues such as the Southeastern Composers League Conference, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, and the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. An active member of the Percussive Arts Society, he has presented at the society's international convention (PASIC), is an associate keyboard editor for Percussive Notes journal, and serves on the Scholarly Research Committee. Jeff's compact disc recording, compositions, and arrangements are available from C. Alan Publications and his research is published in Percussive Notes and the Percussive Arts Society Online Research Journal.
Jeff received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Radford University and both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is an assistant professor of music at Eastern Connecticut State University where he serves as the director of percussion.
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