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Inrtntmats

l.A) Gnnde Cymbale Chinoise (Crash Cymbal)Grosse caisse, trds grave (il til;;';;;ydeep)Crncerro (mufded) F) V,, r, rt^.t,), .

lTam-tam clair (high Tam-ia m)Z

2. B) GongTam-tam clair (high Tam-tam)

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Tam-tam grave (ljw Tam-tam)Crncerro (mufied) F)

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3. 2 Bongos (high and low)Caisse roulante (Sidedrurn) ci2 Grosse Caisses i plat, moyenne er grave (2 Bass Drums laid flat, medium and

large size)4. Tambour Militaire C)

Caisse roulante (Sidedrum) C)

5. Sirdne claire (Siren, high) D)Tambour i corde (Stringdrum or Liorr,s Roar)

6. Sirdne grave (Siren, low) D)Fouer (Slapstick)Gtiiro

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3 Blocs chinoi3, clair, rnoyen er grave

CIavesTriangle

8. caisse claire,-dctimbrie (Snaredrum, with snares reraxed) cJ2 Mancas, claire er grave (2 Mar:rcr, high and low)

9. Tarole c) E)Caisse claire (Snaredrurn) C)Cymbale suspendue (Suspended Cymbal)

10. Cymbales (Cymbats)Grelots (Sleigh Bells)Cloches (Tubular Chimes)

(3 '$food Blocks, high, middle and lowregister)

11. GiiiroCastagneres (Castanets)Glockenspiel I clavier, with resonatorsTambour de Basque (Tambourine)2 Enclumes, Ia premidre plus aigu6 (2 Anvils, the first higher)Grand Tam-tani (very d*p)

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Fouet (Slapstick)TriangleGrelots (Sleigh Bells)PianoG)

A) t mallet in each hand.

B) A mallet in each hand; use very elastic strokes; even in rhe fi,thecombined weightof arm and maller are sufficieni; do not kill the rone.

C) Skin, felt, sponge or wooden sticks are to be used strictly as indicated.R

The notation I indicates rim shot.X

D/ Sirens: Steding Typ. H (Part No. 73 PU. PB.) hand operated with thumb brake.If unobtainable, substitute with theremin instruments. Mouth sirens are to bestrictly avoided.

E) Tarole: A flat military high pitched drum with snares.F) Cencerro: A cow bell with handle and no clapper: it is struck with drum stick and

mufied by inserting a piece of soft material in tire bell.G)Thesymbol# ind icatesal Ichromat ic in terva lsbeeweenthe

r t 6 Ftwo notes and must be played simultaneously making use of the forearm. The chordis to be played without stiffness and withoui brutaliiy.

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CENCERRO

Footnote: Sce prototyper for Gong and Tam-Tam at cnd of scction.

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Adjaccnt toPbyet 2

Footnotc: Urc rcft Timpeni mallet at outsct. Aftcr O rro Bcll mallct in R.H.for C.owbcll and Tirnprni mallct in L.H.

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Footnote: Both Bass Drumt arc to bc laid flat.

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Footnotc: Thc Caisse Roulantc or Tenor Drum has no rnares and is almost likc esmall Bass Drum. Thc Trmbour Militaire,known also as eithcr the Field or Par-edc Drum, her tdjusteble side snares.

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,"4Footnotc: Scc protoypcr of High Sircn and String Drum ar cnd of Section.

s*NGUIRO - I'" IN LENGTH

Footnote: Sce prototypes of Low Siren at end of cection.

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BLOCS. CHIN.( 3 )

CLAVESHard maple wood TRIANGLE ON

MUSIC STANDl - l14" diarnctcrx 10" in length.

Footnote: Usc Chinese Bloc_ks (or thc equivatent V'ood Blocks) of t diffcrcnt pit-ches. Do zof usc Tcmplc Blocirs.

NO DIAGRAM NECESSARYE .

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Footnote: Use Hal4-Cyrrrb-als whercver possible. The Surpcndcd cymbel is onlyen eltcrnerivc. (Vith *ood sticks.)

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(with Resonators)

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Footnotcs Sec prototypc of Anvib .t cnd of pege.

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Footnotc: Indcatationr in holdcr rnurt bclined with roft fclt to obtain meximum ofnetonancc. To obtein rc3onance hit bothtuber drnulten€ourly with beetcr (rmelloicce of tubing) hcld by the middlc.brrnoinr ir obcained in tte rlmc farhioobut kccling tte contect with thc twotubcr.

by Nicolas Slonimsky

Bers l-8. Introduction. A chemcteristic figure is soundedby two Bess Drums (laid fle$. The Sirens, one high,the other low, enter in rotation, starting from ppp,rwclling to mp. Thc String-Drum cnters in the seventhber, staning a tremendous crescendo of the MetalGroup (Gongs, Tam-tams, Cymbals, Triangle). Thecrescendo ends abruptly giving way to

The First Subject. Bars 9-12 lTl (*i,t, an upbeat).The Tambour Militaire gives out the theme, ac-companied by twin Bongos (the Bongos figure may beconsidered a C.ountersubiec$.

Bars l3-16Fl".. bars l-4 with slight modifications.Bar 17 equals bar !.

Bars l8-20 | 3 l. Episode. The Tarole, alternaring withthe Chinese Blocks, gives out r 6gure partly derivedfrom the Subject.

Bars 2L-26 @a, [: l. fft. 6rst Subject is repeatedfor two bars, continuing in e new figure in Bar 23. TheBongos enter in slrict imitation of the Subject, con-tinuing in free counterpoint. The Tarole repeats itsepisodic figure.

Ba'r 27 (compound, 2/4 plus 3/8), efter e Codettaplayed by the Chinese Blocks, leads to rwo 4/4 bars(28 end 29) with themetic figures of the TembourMiliteirc. A syncopated Codeaa in e 3/g ber forClaves, leads to the renrrn of 414 time (Ber 3l).There is e Codetta for the Chinese Blocks in the fol-lowiog 514 bar, where the quioruple figure of thesccond Subject is rnticiprted.

- i-iBts ))42lliJ ac | 7 l. 414 time. Free episodic de-velopmenc A sudden outburst of sonoriry in Ber 3gis contioued cresceado.

B* 4t in J/8. A Codene for the Chinese Blocks leedsto the secood Subiect

ANALYSIS

Bars 44i0 fl-l . S..ond Subject - 1 6[3316teristicfigure in quintuple sirteenth notes, syncopated, inter-rupted and doubled, is given out by five ptayerssimuttaneously (Bongps, Tambour Militeire, ChineseBlocks, Meracas, Terole). The time-signarures are suc-cessively, t I 4,, | 4, t | 4, t | 4, 3 | 4, t I B, 4 | 4.

Bars Jl-tt [2J 414. All-metal in p, ml and I invarious instruments (Anvils, Cymbals, Gongs, Tem-tams, Triangle, eccompenied by Sirens). Bers J6.6J

@ a l-iTl introduce thernatic bits in the entireorchestra, leading to an all-rnetal crash on a fermats in

Ba,r 65.

Bar 66 l12l , in )14 - 1neih61 outburst of sound;Bar 67, in 414, Pianissimo; Bar 68, in j /4 repcatsBar 66 with sorhe changes in orchestration.

Bars 69-72 in 414. The 6rst Subject reappcars in theTambour Militaire. But instead of thi original 6gureof Bar 9, the Bongos use for counterpoint the 6gureof the Tarnbour Militaire'in Bar 23.

Bt 7), in 514, recalls the second Subiect, in rwofigures of quinruple sixteenth notes. Bar 74, in 314,leads through a tremendous cresccndo, to Coda.Bars 75-el lifl

Bers 7J-79. Time-signarurc 414. Insrrurnents of defi-

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