{"product_id":"stout-four-episodes-for-solo-marimba-m","title":"Stout-Four Episodes for Solo Marimba-M","description":"\u003ci\u003e Four Episodes for Solo Marimba \u003c\/i\u003e is described by composer Gordon Stout that \"each episode represents a different musical style. The first one is a reworking of an earlier composition. The second one is my way of paying homage to Smadbeck's Rhythm Song, and the third to Chick Corea's Children's Songs. The fourth episode doesn't really have a story, but is still fun to play.\"\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":43800555290678,"sku":"3-2958","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/stout-four-episodes-for-solo-marimba-m.jpg?v=1773374149","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.com\/products\/stout-four-episodes-for-solo-marimba-m","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}