Sheet Music: Score
Rain dancing : for solo marimba / Katherine Rawlings
by Katherine Rawlings (2000)
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- Instrumentation: Marimba (5 octaves).
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Audio Sample
Performance by Marianne Broadfoot, Clare Kahn from the CD Lucid dreaming
(this sample is of the violin and cello duo version of this work)
Product details
Originally written for the marimba this piece was workshopped with percussionist Carmen Chan. As this was the first piece I had written for solo marimba, when I first began writing this piece, my mind was focused on the idea that a marimba piece should be written in perpetual motion (with rapid repetitive note patterns), because of the short duration of the notes when struck. When I asked Carmen to play through my initial ideas, one of the first things she said was, "it's very pianistic!". These words continued to haunt me as I tried to work with and develop my ideas. The material I was producing sounded empty and directionless to me, and the more I tried to bring meaning to the piece the more I began to hate it. I later realised that I was getting too caught up with the idea of writing in perpetual motion and was not concentrating enough on the content of the music. So I began the piece again from scratch - this time, instead of getting caught up in the idea that a marimba piece must move with constant motion, I focused instead on creating something that was both harmonically and rhythmically interesting. With this focus in mind, the piece seemed to write itself
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (4p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Masters level or higher
Duration: 2 mins, 30 sec.
Includes programme note and performance directions.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: M-67300-354-5
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This work also exists as the following versions:
- Duos: Violin, cello
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