{"product_id":"stout-astral-dance-m","title":"Stout-Astral Dance-M","description":"\u003ci\u003e Astral Dance \u003c\/i\u003e by Gordon Stout is a difficult work for four mallet marimba solo, based on a single theme and its variations. Most frequently,Stout performs this work with the Two Mexican Dances as a set titled \"Three Dances for Marimba\". It is a marimba dance in his mind because it combines melody and harmony through the rhythmic alternation of the two hands. He couldn't determine a nationality for the piece, as Warren Benson did with the Two Mexican Dances, so the \"astral\" in the title implies of a different world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Players:1\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty: Grade 5\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation: \u003cbr\u003e Player I: Marimba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGORDON STOUT (b.1952) is currently Professor of Percussion at the School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. A composer as well as percussionist who specializes on marimba, he has studied composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and percussion with James Salmon and John Beck.As a composer-recitalist he has premiered a number of his original compositions and works by other contemporary composers. Many of his compositions for marimba are published, and have already become standard repertoire for marimbists world-wide. His recordings are devoted not only to his own music, but also that of the general standard repertoire by important American composers.","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43800535662646,"sku":"3-2799","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/gordon-stout-astral-dance-for-solo-marimba-cover.jpg?v=1779121161","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/stout-astral-dance-m","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}