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Rainbow Ripples
George Hamilton Green (arr. Floyd Werle)
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Subtitle: Solo Xylophone and Band
General Info
Year: 1926 / 1986
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Meredith Music Publications
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
George Hamilton Green is known as one of the most prominent and important composers for xylophone. Green maintained an active life as a performer, composer, and in his later life as a cartoonist. Many of his compositions were used in the soundtracks of early Walt Disney animated shorts, and his music is considered some of the most important ragtime pieces in history. Rainbow Ripples is an up-beat, fun, fox-trot style piece for wind band and solo xylophone. The piece contains both written and improvisatory elements, and is considered a staple in the xylophone and percussion repertoire.
- Program Note by Joseph D. Conti for the Appalachian State University Concert Band concert program, 24 April 2019
Media
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State Ratings
- Tennessee: VI
Performances
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- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (John Stanley Ross, conductor; Rob Falvo, xylophone) – 24 April 2019
- Albany (Ga.) State University Symphonic Band (Michelle Martin, xylophone) – 16 February 2007
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Charleston Capers (arr. Moyer) (2010)
- Fluffy Ruffles
- Log Cabin Blues (arr. Baker) (2015)
- Rainbow Ripples (arr. Werle) (1926/1986)
- Xylophone Rags of George Hamilton Green (arr. Ninmer)
Resources
- Green, G.; Werle, F. (1986). Rainbow Ripples : Solo Xylophone and Band [score]. Meredith Music: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.