Tales for Vibraphone Vol. 3
Composer: Max Leth
Instrument: Vibraphone and Marimba
Level: Advanced
Published: 2014
Price: €27.00
Item details
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Description +
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Arranged by Mex Leth
Duration: 15 min.
Index:
Pulsation
Pailleth
Lethation
Effugonetrom (duo)Max Seide Leth
Max Seide Leth was born into a musical family in 1921. In 1938, Max entered The Royal Danish Academy of music as a pianist and consequently earned his Soloist's Diploma.
In the years to follow, he played with numerous well-known artists from Denmark and elsewhere, and he established a name for himself in the jazz world. In addition, he appeared frequently in numerous Radio & TV programs for a period of more than 15 years. Max Seide Leth's life was changed forever one evening at a job where the venue had no piano for him to play. They offered him an old Vibraphone instead. Max was not comfortable with this, but after some deliberation he decided to perform the concert on the Vibraphone – with success!
As time went on, he developed his own special way of learning the instrument, and became so taken with it that he often chose the Vibraphone over the piano for his performances. This led to a position as percussion teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music from 1984 to 1993.
Max Seide Leth is also recognised as a composer and as a brilliant arranger. His arrangements have been performed all over the world by some of the best percussionists.
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Instrumentation +
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Vibraphone & Marimba
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About the composer +
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Max Seide Leth was born into a musical family in 1921. In 1938, Max entered The Royal Danish Academy of music as a pianist and consequently earned his Soloist's Diploma.
In the years to follow, he played with numerous well-known artists from Denmark and elsewhere, and he established a name for himself in the jazz world. In addition, he appeared frequently in numerous Radio & TV programs for a period of more than 15 years. Max Seide Leth's life was changed forever one evening at a job where the venue had no piano for him to play. They offered him an old Vibraphone instead. Max was not comfortable with this, but after some deliberation he decided to perform the concert on the Vibraphone – with success!
As time went on, he developed his own special way of learning the instrument, and became so taken with it that he often chose the Vibraphone over the piano for his performances. This led to a position as percussion teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music from 1984 to 1993.
Max Seide Leth is also recognised as a composer and as a brilliant arranger. His arrangements have been performed all over the world by some of the best percussionists.
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Percussive Notes, November 2016
In comparison to Max Seide Leth’s Tales for Vibraphone Volumes 1 and 2, this third volume contains four original compositions for vibraphone, whereas Volume 1 contains arrangements of four jazz standards and Volume 2 contains arrangements of four Christmas tunes. This collection includes three four-mallet vibraphone solos, titled “Pulsation,” “Pailleth,” and “Lethation,” as well as one vibraphone/marimba duet titled “Effugonetrom,” with both parts requiring four mallets.
Each composition is three to five minutes in length. “Pulsation” is in ABA form with a light waltz couched within a slow jazz ballad. “Pailleth,” a slow rubato waltz with intricately embellished chord progressions, skillfully demonstrates the composer’s jazz piano background. The most emotive of the pieces, “Lethation,” begins with a rubato 9/8 and includes two fully notated cadenzas. Finally, the vibraphone and marimba duet, “Effugonetrom,” is a fun, uptempo swing. (And, in case you were wondering, the duet title is the first names of the two members of the Safri Duo, Morten Friis and Uffe Savery, in reverse.)
Individually, and as a collection, these are great recital pieces for an advanced college student. But they are also highly appropriate as music for a professional solo vibraphone or jazz gig. For more variety, these pieces can easily be combined with tunes from the other two volumes. Most of the pieces in this collection were previously published individually and are still available separately through some distributors, but I highly recommend purchasing this volume, or any of the Tales for Vibraphone volumes, for the breadth of quality compositions and arrangements, as well as the editorial integrity consistent with all Svitzer publications.
—Julie Licata
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Credits +
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Front cover graphics and layout: Ronni Kot Wenzell
Editor: Henrik Cornelius Hansen
Translation: James Howard Young
Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
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