The Ones Who Helped to Set the Sun
Percussion Ensemble - Sheet Music

Percussion Ensemble Marimba (4 & 6-mallet) (solo marimba (5-octave)) - medium difficult

SKU: CN.15930

Composed by Noah D. Taylor. Percussion Music. Solo part. Duration 8:30. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.15930).

This is a solo concert piece composed in the virtuoso tradition. The work is composed in a tonal and improvisatory manner. Many intricate techniques are employed by the soloist, including the use of 6 mallets in the opening section. The work calls for immense technical and music prowess and demands great endurance from the soloist. This results in a grand show piece to be enjoyed by all.

The Ones Who Helped to Set the Sun is a solo marimba work that was composed in the summer of 2005 for marimbist Brenton Dunnington. It is a solo concert piece composed in the virtuoso tradition. The concert piece is the first in a set of six rhapsodies for solo marimba. The work is composed in a tonal and improvisatory manner. Many intricate techniques are employed by the soloist, including the use of 6 mallets in the opening section. The work calls for immense technical and music prowess and demands great endurance from the soloist. This results in a grand show piece to be enjoyed by all. Titled The Ones Who Helped to Set the Sun, it is written in the old-fashioned style of bravura fantasy, where a slow section - which commonly contains nothing of the theme that is to come - is followed by a cadenza. A theme and variations follows with a pseudo-orchestral ritornelli and concludes with a grand coda. The Ones Who Helped to Set the Sun is dedicated to Paul Watkins and all who helped through his final days.