Composition Date: 2015
Duration: 00:08:12
Genre: Percussion, Solo / Ensemble, No Keyboard
Instrumentation:
Instrumentation Set Number 1:
- 1 x Vibraphone
- 1 x Percussion
- 1 x Percussion
- 1 x Percussion
Click here to download full work (7.06 Mb - Not printable)Programme Note:Chain maille (otherwise known as mail) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a protective mesh. With an exclusively metal timbral palette, this percussion quartet explores the concept of chain maille from several entry points – using the mesh pattern as fodder for musical material, examining associations of its medieval history, and most directly, using a chain maille hood as a percussion instrument. chain maille also investigates the idea of armour – the heavy armour we carry to protect against harm, both physical and emotional. chain maille is the first in a set of a multiple-work piece based on the history and associations of various textiles/patterns. In each of these works, the textile or pattern is used both as inspiration (history, tone, physical characteristics) and as a physically present element, either visually or sonically.
Premiere Information:29 October 2015, Sam Houston University, Huntsville, USA
Sam Houston Percussion Ensemble, directed by John Lane
CATALOGUE INFO:
- Call Number:
- MI 7110 P357cha
- Genre:
- Percussion, Solo / Ensemble, No Keyboard
- Date of Acquisition:
- April 12, 2017
- Type:
- Print-music, Published by CMC
- Physical Description:
- Score
24 Pages
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
Parts page count: 27
4 Parts
27 Pages
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
- Additional Information:
- Percussion List:
Three metal bowls: small, medium, large
Crotales
Almglocken
Suspended Cymbal
Glockenspiels
Thunder tube
Tam-Tam (medium)
Prepared vibraphone
Miscellaneous: copper bits, washers, screws, chain maille garment, tambourine zill,
binder clips, clamps.
Commissioned by: Sam Houston Percussion Ensemble
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