Sibelius-Melisande's Death (SP) arr. Gipson-V/6M/BM

Melisande's Death is the final movement of Jean Sibelius' beautiful eight-movement tone poem Pelleas et Melisande, op. 46. This passionate and sorrowful music is scored here by Richard Gipson for marimba choir (including bass marimba), and vibraphone.

Number of players: 8
Dificulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation

Player 1: Vibraphone
Player 2: Marimba 1 (4 octave)
Player 3: Marimba 2 (4 octave)
Player 4: Marimba 3 (4 octave)
Player 5: Marimba 4 (4 octave)
Player 6: Marimba 5 (4.3 octave)
Player 7: Marimba 6 (4.3 octave)
Player 8: Bass Marimba (5 octave)