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Mechanical Ballet
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General Info
Year: 2014
Duration: c. 9:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Cost: Parts Only (print) - $56.00 | Score Only (print) - $37.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Percussion I-II-III-IV (4 players), including:
- Marimba I-II
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mechanical Ballet is loosely inspired by the revolutionary percussion work Ballet Mecanique by George Antheil. This piece features intricate counterpoint, quirky melodic ideas, and dance-like characters.
- Program Note by Clocks in Motion
Media
(Needed - please join the WRP if you can help.)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Clocks in Motion (Madison, Wis.) – September 2019
- Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) Percussion Ensemble (Wayne Bovenschen, conductor) – 9 November 2014 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Danmarks Have (2011)
- Divertimento For Brass Quintet (2004)
- Gemmer hvert et ord (1998)
- Mechanical Ballet (2014)
- Opening (2020)
- Ouverture (2014)
- Parade (2008)
- Serenade for Saxofonkvartet (1992)
- Sonatine (2002)
Resources
- Koppel, A. (2014). Mechanical Ballet [score]. Wilhelm Hansen: Copenhagen, Denmark.