THAT'S AMORE

Arrangement for Percussion Sextet

Composer: Harry Warren
Arranged: 1992
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation: Percussion Sextet (Percussion 1 – Xylophone, Crystal Glass Dinner Bell; Percussion 2 – Marimba (Low F3); Percussion 3 – Marimba (Low F3); Percussion 4 – Marimba (Low C2); Percussion 5 – Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Tambourine; Percussion 6 – Vibraphone [with working motor], Glockenspiel, Medium Triangle)
Arranged For John Beck and the Eastman Marimba Ensemble
Premiere: Eastman Percussion Ensemble (a.k.a. Eastman Marimba Ensemble), John Beck, conductor; Robert Paterson, marimba soloist; Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY, 1992.  

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Program Note

I’ve always been a fan of Dean Martin’s songs. During my first few years of college, a disc that was always in my CD player was a CD of Dean Martin's Greatest Hits. It was interesting to me that some of his songs were orchestrated with marimbas and other non-standard percussion instruments. It seemed like a perfect fit to arrange That’s Amore for keyboard percussion ensemble. This work was originally written for and premiered by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble directed by John Beck.