Ten Easy Preludes for Two Mallets
Composer: Edmund Jolliffe
Instrument: Marimba
Level: Easy
Published: 2023
Price: €30.00
Item details
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Description +
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These simple pieces are designed for the earlier learner, focusing on two mallet technique. The pieces explore straightforward major keys and their relative minors. As the book progresses, the pieces become harder in key, introducing more accidentals and extending the technique of the player. They are between 1’20” and 2’00” each and are appealing and performable pieces as well as useful studies.
Edmund Jolliffe
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Instrumentation +
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Marimba Solo
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About the composer +
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Edmund’s music draws on a huge range of styles and influences. He writes music for film and television and is also an award-winning concert composer.
First Prizes in composition competitions include: Freudig Singers Choral Composition Competition, USA; Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition, USA; Amadeus Choir Song writing Competition, Canada; Ely Consort Advent Composing Competition; Hendrix Candlelight Carol Competition, USA; Renée B. Fisher Composer Award, USA.
Recent commissions include pieces for the Royal Academy of Music, the London Chinese Children’s Ensemble, and Oxford University Press Collections. His choral music is available from OUP, Stainer and Bell, Banks Music. ABRSM publish a clarinet piece by him for their Grade 2 2022 syllabus.
He has been writing music to picture for over twenty years. Major series he has composed music for include ‘Who do you think you are?’ (BBC1), ‘Homestead Rescue’ (Discovery), ‘Sort your life out’ (BBC1), ‘Grand Designs: The Street’ (C4), ‘Crazy Delicious’ (C4/Netflix), ‘Long Lost Family’ (ITV1) and ‘Unreported World’ (C4). He was nominated for an RTS Craft and Design Award for his score for the BBC film ‘Elizabeth at 90’.
He is a Lecturer in Composing for the Moving Image at City University and taught composition at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music (Junior Departments) for many years.
In 2021 Odense Percussion, led by Søren Monrad, commissioned a new ensemble piece by Edmund called The Game, which was world-premiered at the Danish National Academy of Music, Denmark on November 15, 2021.
More information about him can be found at: www.edmundjolliffe.com
Information current to December 2022
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Reviews +
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Review (Percussive Notes, June 2024)
As the title suggests, this 2022 collection of ten, two-mallet marimba solos are written to be longer marimba etudes for the beginning player. Each selection is around two minutes long, so the pieces are more involved than something you would find in larger, classic etude books.
From an educational standpoint, this collection seems very helpful to the younger player. There are sticking suggestions throughout every piece, a lot of dynamic contrast, and many opportunities to discuss the music-theory aspect. Perhaps the most helpful feature is the progression of key signatures through the book. If performed in printed order, the player will learn a piece in the major and relative minor for the simplest key signature, and each subsequent piece will add a sharp or flat. The composer does a great job with varying feels and tempos throughout the book.
This book would be a great resource for teachers whether they pick and choose certain pieces or utilize the entire collection. I think it would be more valuable to use the entire collection to take advantage of the careful planning with key signatures in this text. If you’re looking for something new to add to your curriculum, this is a must-have!
—Ben Cantrell
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Credits +
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Front Cover graphics and layout: Nicola Lee
Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
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