{"product_id":"richardson-transmigration-sp-4m","title":"Richardson-Transmigration (SP)-4M","description":"Written for marimba quartet, \u003ci\u003eTransmigration\u003c\/i\u003e by Phillip Richardson focuses not on the individual performers' rhythm or melody, but instead on the composite lines and harmonic rhythms that result from their interplay. The melody is consistently divided amongst the four players. These layered entrances overlap, creating dense sonorities that highlight the resonant quality of the instrument. This piece was conceived after reading the following quote:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchopenhauer believed that art, in particular music, had - has - the power to cause the will, the irrational, striving will, to somehow turn back onto and into itself and cease to strive. He considered this a religious experience, although temporary. Somehow art, somehow music especially, has the power to transform man from an irrational thing into some rational entity that is not driven by biological impulses, impulses that cannot by definition ever be satisfied.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Philip K. Dick, \"The Transmigration of Timothy Archer\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransmigration'i\u0026gt; is meant to exemplify the reflective nature of music, and its ability to (at least temporarily) transform us into rational beings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrade 4\u003cbr\u003e4 Players\u003cbr\u003eDuration ca. 6:00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTRUMENTATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarimba 1 (4.3-octave)\u003cbr\u003eMarimba 2 (4.3-octave)\u003cbr\u003eMarimba 3 (4.3-octave)\u003cbr\u003eMarimba 4 (4.5-octave)\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799997775926,"sku":"16980","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/richardson-transmigration-sp-4m.jpg?v=1773369910","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/richardson-transmigration-sp-4m","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}