by Samuel Z Solomon | Dec 10, 2014 | Recording - Solo, Recordings
Samuel Solomon – Gliss Ditty (2010)Gliss Ditty is a xylophone etude that was composed for The MassChap 2010 Xylophone Collection. Complete info on the 50 etudes found in this collection can be found here.
by Samuel Z Solomon | Dec 9, 2014 | Recording - Solo, Recordings
Edgar Barroso – Ataraxia (2012)Ataraxia (Ἀταραξία “tranquility”) is a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for a lucid state, characterized by freedom from worry or any other preoccupation. In this piece, the aim is to convey a state of tranquility...
by Samuel Z Solomon | Nov 14, 2014 | Note
Philip Glass – 1+1 (1968)The player performs 1+1 by tapping the table top with his fingers or knuckles. Two rhythmic units, which build the block of “1+1”, are combined in regular arithmetic progressions.-Philip Glass
by Samuel Z Solomon | Nov 11, 2014 | Note
Iannis Xenakis, Psappha (1975)”Psappha” is an archaic form of “Sappho,” a great Greek poetess from the Island of Lesbos, born in the 600’s BC. Her style was sensual and melodic, and she was one of the first poets to write from the first...
by Samuel Z Solomon | Nov 11, 2014 | Note
Gunther Schuller, Marimbology (1993)Marimbology was written in the summer of 1993 on a commission from New Music Marimba, the Percussive Arts Society, Nancy Zeltsman, William Moersch, and Robert Van Sice, with a grant from the Meet The Composer/Reader’s Digest...
