The Making of the Drum (1997)

The skin - The Barrel of the Drum - The Two Curved Sticks of the Drummer - Gourds and Rattles - The Gong-Gong

( First the goat must be killed and the skin stretched )

... Commissioned by and dedicated to Michael Smedley and the Oxford Pro Musica Singers on the occasion of their 20th Anniversary Concert, 22. November 1997 ...

Chilcott, Bob (born in 1955) [ Great Britain ]

Text by Brathwaite, Edward Kamau (born in 1930) [Caribbean Islands] (1968)
Edition
Published by Oxford University Press [Great Britain] , 1999
Number of pages : 38
Type of material: Full score
ISMN/ISBN : ISBN 0-19-335522-1
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 20th century  (1990-2000)
Genre-Style-Form: ballad ; Dance ; Contemporary ; Secular
Mood of the piece: dancing
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: Percussion
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: E flat major
Duration: 12.0 min.
 

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