Two books in one binding, 106 pages. Six Suites for Violoncello solo BWV 1007-1012 Transcribed for Marimba by Leigh Howard Stevens. Marimbist's Guide to Performing Bach by Leigh Howard Stevens. Introduction and musical text edited by Dominik Sackmann.

The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four-mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.

Now in a German translation by Jasmin Kolberg.

The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four-mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.

Now in an Italian translation by Sergio Torta.

The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four-mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument. Now in a French translation by Frédéric Gauthier.

The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four-mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.

Now in a Japanese translation by Natsu Nagae

These two-part Inventions have the all the necessary transpositions for a low 'A' marimba and Stevens' all-important stickings, which allow these delightful works to be played smoothly by a marimba soloist.

A significant difference in the over-all sound and ease of playing legato has been achieved by transposing the four movement work to the rich lower register of the marimba.

This is the sonata that contains the famous G minor fugue, popularized by many concert guitarists. Complete with Stevens' stickings and suggested ornamentation in a beautiful 20 page edition.

Perhaps this is the ultimate virtuostic show piece for a solo marimbist. Seven minutes of rhythmic momentum, colored with three "col legno" (with wood) effects.

This simple but beautiful work is based on a three note descending bass line and right hand triad arpeggiations. It can be performed as a three or four mallet piece.

This familiar work of Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz is best known to concert audiences in its guitar transcription. Rather than base his transcription on one of the many guitar editions, Stevens went back to the original piano work which appears in Cantos de Espana Op. 232.

(New expanded 12-movement edition) A delightful set of programmatic works that achieved standard repertoire status almost instantly when it was first transcribed 25 years ago.

Marimba music doesn't get much heavier than the second half of this set. Even the light and simple movements such as Soldier's March and Wild Rider have a certain Germanic seriousness.

Marimba music doesn't get much heavier than the second half of this set. Even the light and simple movements such as Soldier's March and Wild Rider have a certain Germanic seriousness.

The Great Albums for the Young: music of Debussy, Tschaikowsky Schumann and Khatchaturian transcribed by L. H. Stevens. All of the music featured on Leigh Howard Stevens' second album is published by KPP.

The most detailed text ever written on the subject of four mallet playing. 15 chapters covering grip, strokes, shifts, tone production, interval changes, efficient movement around the instrument.

The prelude is a virtuositic showpiece for marimba based on the pattern 2343, 2343. The three-voiced fugue uses three different mallet types for maximum separation of the voices.

This piece is a 6 minute wall of sound coming from the marimba - all apparently sounding like rolls, but many patterns are really "quasi-rolls" or repeated figurations that sustain the sound of the marimba with a rhythmic drive.

Although the marimba's tone is colorful and evocative, there has been a long standing lack of serious transcriptions of impressionistic music. This faithful transcription will fill that niche and surely become a standard repertoire item.

A charming set of six intermediate level works. The musical style is unique in the marimba repertoire: Soviet influenced pictorialism with an Armenian flavored chromaticism.