- "20 Children's Songs for Marimba" by Bart Quartier
- "A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun” by Blake Tyson
- "A Little Prayer" by Evelyn Glennie
- "Conversation” by Akira Miyoshi
- "Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” by Keiko Abe
- "Echoes” by Kevin Bobo
- "Etude No. 2” by Paul Smadbeck
- "Marimba Dances” by Ross Edwards
- "Mbira Song” by Alice Gomez and Marilyn Rife
- "Prelude No. 1” by Ney Rosauro
- "Prelude No. 2” by Ney Rosauro
- "Prelude No. 3” by Ney Rosauro
- "Rain Dance” by Alice Gomez and Marilyn Rife
- "Restless” by Rich O’Meara
- "Rhythm Song” by Paul Smadbeck
- "Rotation II” by Eric Sammut
- "Rotation IV” by Eric Sammut
- "Sea Refractions” by Mitchell Peters
- "Sueños” from Impressions on Wood by Julie Davila
- "The Offering” by Michael Burritt
- "Two Movements for Marimba, Mvt 1” by Toshimitsu Tanaka
- "Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004” by Johann Sebastian Bach
- "Yellow After the Rain” by Mitchell Peters
- “Etude Op. 6, #10 (C Major)” by Clair Omar Musser
"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” by Keiko Abe
MARIMBA LITERATURE LIBRARY / GRADE 4
Performed by Chin-Li Sophia Lo
MALLETS USED IN THESE ETUDES INCLUDE:
Virtuoso Series
Designed for the solo marimba performer, the Virtuoso Series features a rubber core wrapped with a wool blend yarn for an especially warm and full-bodied sound. The 17″ handles are made of birch with a unique slip-resistant finish for excellent feel and enhanced control. A fine choice in ensemble settings as well!
ABOUT THE PIECE
Dream of The Cherry Blossoms is a composition by Keiko Abe based on an improvisation on the themes of the Japanese folksong “Sakura, sakura…” In this marimba solo, the world of fantasy is caught in an expanse of continuously falling cherry blossoms. In the entire piece, the tone E is centrally integrated, and it must always be played (except in the last two measures) in the same tempo. The theme of the folksong is treated several times more or less in fragments and must always be played deliberately and clearly.
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