Triptych is a work for two marimbas. This work is constructed to allow one of the marimba players to utilize two-mallet technique while the other performer uses four-mallet technique. This work features a wide range of stylistic ideas that will allow both performers to shine. Number of Players: 2Difficulty: Grade 4Instrumentation: Player I: Marimba Player II: MarimbaGORDON STOUT (b.1952) is currently Professor of Percussion at the School of Music, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. A composer as well as percussionist who specializes on marimba, he has studied composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and percussion with James Salmon and John Beck.As a composer-recitalist he has premiered a number of his original compositions and works by other contemporary composers. Many of his compositions for marimba are published, and have already become standard repertoire for marimbists world-wide. His recordings are devoted not only to his own music, but also that of the general standard repertoire by important American composers.
