Leonard-Six Bagatelles(SP) (Original Version)

Stanley Leonard's Six Bagatelles was written in 1986 for and premiered by Frank Epstein and the percussion ensemble of the New England Conservatory of Music. This piece may be performed in its entirety or in various combinations of any lesser number of movements.
Number of players - 8

Instrumentation:

Player 1 (bells, 2 high woodblocks, 2 crotales, snare drum)

Player 2 (xylophone, snare drum, vibraphone, 5 small dobachi)

Player 3 (vibraphone, marimba, chimes, field drum, 5 muffled toms)

Player 4 (marimba, xylophone, field drum, 2 bass drums)

Player 5 (4 low toms, snare drum, tenor drum, marimba, vibraslap, claves, guiro, brass wind chimes, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, small gong, bass drum)

Player 6 (chimes, 4 cowbells or almglocken, crash cymbals, 5 woodblocks, marimba, vibraslap, bass drum)

Player 7 (large tam-tam, 4 temple blocks, bass drum, marimba, crotales, 2 suspended cymbal)

Player 8 (4 timpani, 2 high tomes, 2 low woodblocks, suspended cymbal, tambourine, vibraphone)

*This work may be performed with 3 marimbas, 1 xylophone, 1 vibraphone, and 1 set of chimes. Any duplicate instruments will provide smoother transitions between the movements.