This outstanding etude book, written by a member of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, emphasizes the equalization of the two hands via musically interesting compositions. The book's level of difficulty bridges that awkward gap between intermediate 2-mallet studies and advanced etudes and solos.

(New expanded twelve-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.

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.

A more discursive, lyrical and introspective Burritt style is developed in this piece. As is always the case with the music of Michael Burritt, the marimba writing is first-rate, idiomatic, fun to play and makes the marimba sound great.

Stout's most recent composition for solo marimba is a beautiful tapestry of tonal sounds for five octave marimba. Its level of difficulty is comparable to Stout's Astral Dance.

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Cameleon is a longer, more ambitious work, with more serious harmonic and melodic content, but it still has Eric's hints of jazz overtones.

The arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument. The accompaniments require four players performing on a minimum of two marimbas.

Caritas is a 3 movement piece that employs a traditional harmonic language throughout. It is a real crowd pleaser for the educated as well as the uneducated audience.

This fine collection of pieces by master teacher, Earl Hatch, is now available from Studio 4 Music. The collection includes "Furioso and Valse in D Minor," "Capriccio Marimba," "Dance of the Hippolollipops," "Etude 1955," and "Habanera."

The arrangement Bob Becker made for NEXUS which has caught the attention of audiences and percussionists around the world and created a whole new fascination with the xylophone as a solo instrument. The accompaniments require four players performing on a minimum of two marimbas.

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.

Music originally for guitar in Brazilian folk style, written by Augusto Marcellino. These much anticipated pieces adapt wonderfully to the marimba.

Music originally for guitar in Brazilian folk style, written by Augusto Marcellino. These much anticipated pieces adapt wonderfully to the marimba.

Music originally for guitar in Brazilian folk style, written by Augusto Marcellino. These much anticipated pieces adapt wonderfully to the marimba.