Cirone-Unaccompanied Solos for Marimba (Music of the Masters vol 5)

Volume V features twelve excellent solos for marimba transcribed from the violin sonatas and partitas, and cello and lute suites of J.S. Bach. This volume includes a CD recording of each solo as performed by Jack Van Geem.

Number of Players: 1
Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Solo Marimba

Anthony J. Cirone, a percussionist with the San Francisco Symphony from 1965 to 2001, performed under the musical directorship of Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo DeWaart, Herbert Blomstedt, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Some noted guest conductors included Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Eugene Ormandy, Kurt Mazur, Rafael Kubelik and James Levine. He was Professor of Music at San Jos State University from 1965 to 2001 where he conducted the Percussion ensemble and developed the Manuscript Preparation/Computer Engraving class. He also taught at Stanford University from 1983 to 1992.