Stout-Diptych for Marimba and Percussion Solo-P/V/M

Written while studying composition with Warren Benson at Eastman. The word diptych is taken from the word triptych, which is a three paneled painting. A diptych is therefore a two movement composition. I was interested in the idea of writing a two movement composition in which the fast movement was first, followed by a slower second movement. All of my diptych compositions follow that same movement order. It is scored for marimba, vibraphone, bass drum, 2 tom toms, conga drum, and two sets of bongos. It consists of a quick moving interplay between all the instruments in the predominantly fast first movement and features the marimba as a lyrical instrument in the slow second movement.
-Gordon Stout

Number of Players: 1
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Marimba, Vibes, 2 sets of Bongos, Conga, Bass Drum, 2 Toms



GORDON 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.