{"product_id":"stout-etudes-for-marimba-bk-3-m","title":"Stout-Etudes for Marimba Bk. 3-M","description":"Exclusively for two mallet marimba, Gordon Stout's \u003ci\u003e Etudes for Marimba, Book 3 \u003c\/i\u003eis full of moderately difficult to difficult pieces, including the popular Basically Broke Blues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These etudes came as a result of my rediscovering two mallet playing. I had been so consumed with writing for four mallet marimba that I almost forgot about playing with two mallets. So these pieces provided me with a way to return to my roots as a player.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Gordon Stout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Players: 1\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty: Grade 4\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":43798303244342,"sku":"03-2002","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/stout-etudes-for-marimba-bk-3-m.jpg?v=1773359453","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/stout-etudes-for-marimba-bk-3-m","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}