Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.952664 Composed by Christopher Shultis. 20th Century,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 74 pages. American Composers Alliance Inc. #4613527. Published by American Composers Alliance Inc. (A0.952664). A collection of early works and writings for various ensembles (mostly centered around percussion) as collected by the composer.Musical Works:1. motion/less for percussion solo2. Oneiro for percussion trio3. 64 Statements re and not re Child of Tree for solo percussion and audio tapes4. Pastorale for solo percussioin and Dancer5. Friends, for piano, crotales, and narrator6. Three Short Pieces i. Five, brass quintet ii. Four interludes from Downward Facing Dog, for piano solo iii. For Frank Bowen, solo flute7. Decline of the West, for female narrator and all-male heavy-metal band8. Metaphysics, for spoken voice and boom boxes, requiring 7 assistants9. Faith, for voice or any instrument10. Hope, for hand percussion, guitars, and voices (Version 2 of Decline of the West, when performed as part of the opera, Faith, Hope, and Love11. Love, for Seven Performers12. Do something/Do something else, for any number of performers13. Gesturing hands, for solo theremin14. Blindness, for solo marimba15. Written on the body, for musicians and dancersTexts:1. Synesthesia and the Re-integration of the Senses2. Experiment and Revolution, a primary role of percussion in American music3. The Politics of Improvisation
