{"product_id":"biscardi-trasumanars-2b-2v-2m-c-8t-p-pn","title":"Biscardi-Trasumanar(S)-2B\/2V\/2M\/C\/8T\/P-PN","description":"Trasumanar, fro twelve percussionists and piano, is score for 32 different instruments and specifies a spatial arrangement which creates a sense of acoustic motion among the diverse instrumental groupings: drums dominate the backstage, woods-stage right, metals – stage left, and th pitch instruments in the front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrasumanar is a word coined by Dante to describe the experience of raising above the human state. This work was written for The New Jersey Percussiin Ensemble and it's director, Raymond DesRoches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Players: 13\u003cbr\u003eDifficulty: Grade 6\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentation:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player I: Glockenspiel, Crotales, 6 Cowbells, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player II: Glockenspiel, 6 Almglocken, 6 Brake Drums, Chinese Cymbal, Med. Tam-Tam, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat, Bell Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player III: 5 Temple Blocks, Slapstick, Maracas, Claves, Castanets, Med. Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player IV: 5 Temple Blocks, 4 Woodblocks, Maracas, Claves, Castanets, Med. Tam-Tam, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player V: Marimba, 4 Woodblocks, Maracas, Claves, Castanets, Finger Cymbals, Low Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player VI: Vibraphone, Chimes, Sizzle Cymbal (also plays Marimba of player V)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player VII: Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player VIII: Marimba, Maracas, Claves, Castanets, Small Tam-Tam, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player IX: Vibraphone, Finger Cymbals, High Triangle, Sizzle Cymbal (also plays Marimba of player VIII\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player X: 4 Timpani, 2 Timbales, 2 Bongos, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Small Tam-Tam, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player XI: 2 Tom-Toms, Military Drum, 2 Timbales, Snare Drum, String Drum, Tambourine, Med. Tam-Tam, Hi-Hat (also plays Marimba of player X)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player XII: 4 Timpani, Tambourine, Large Tam-Tam, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e Player XIII: 2 Bass Drums, 4 Tom-Toms, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Large Tam-Tam, Hi-Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Chester Biscardi now lives in New York City, and is Director of the Music Program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where he holds the William Schuman Chair in Music. He is a winner of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, an honor he shares with an elite group of American composers including Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, and Elliott Carter.","brand":"Steve Weiss Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43800871403574,"sku":"67492","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/3055\/1350\/files\/biscardi-trasumanar-s-2b-2v-2m-c-8t-p-pn.jpg?v=1773385901","url":"https:\/\/www.steveweissmusic.mom\/products\/biscardi-trasumanars-2b-2v-2m-c-8t-p-pn","provider":"Steve Weiss Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}