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for violin and marimba (six-mallet)

Written: 1996/2000
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation: violin and 4 1/3 octave marimba (six-mallets)
Written for Christoph Schickedanz
Premiere: Indiana University School of Music, Auer Hall, Bloomington, IN, December 14, 1996, Christoph Schickedanz, violin, Robert Paterson, marimba.
Publisher: Bill Holab Music

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Introduction to My Six-Mallet Technique | Basic Six Mallet Exercises

A version for marimba played with four mallets is also available.

PROGRAM NOTE

The title of this piece reflects the structure: many parts and motives are linked and looped together, forming chains. There are also missing links throughout the piece, spots where notes have been dropped out and placed in other parts of the piece or else lost entirely. The violin part is designed to be a showy and slightly virtuosic, coupled with a solid, ostinato-like marimba counterpart. Both parts utilize flashy, extended techniques.