Muller-Music for Botany (SP)-P

Jeremy Muller, composer of Music for Botany, says of this work: "I chose the name Music for Botany as a direct correlation to Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood. The structure of this piece is obviously very similar to Reich's piece, but all the components of MFPOW have been replaced by shakers (entirely made of plant materials). The two different instruments used (maracas and caxixi) are a blending of their corresponding countries (Venezuela and Brazil). At the beginning is the Venezuelan merengue pattern played on maracas which gradually resolves to the joropo pattern during te last structural section. The caxixi are very capable of creating punctual accents and are used as the additive devices."

Number of players: 5
Difficulty: Medium

Instrumentation:
Player 1: Maracas
Player 2: Medium caxixi
Player 3: Low caxixi
Player 4: Medium caxixi
Player 5: High caxixi