Jean-Claude Schlaepfer
Instances III
7 pièces for marimba solo
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 8'
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Swiss Composers Series
- Composed: 1994
Reference: PERC1
CHF17.00
- Publisher: Editions Bim
- Movements:
- I. (1')
- II. (0'30)
- III. (0'15)
- IV. (2')
- V. (2'15)
- VI. (1')
- VII. (0'30)
- I. (1')
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II.
III.
IV.
Jean-Claude Schlaepfer (*1961)
Born in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1961, Jean-Claude Schlaepfer studied piano for many years, notably with M. Risler. At the Geneva Conservatory he studied a program of theory courses and achieved a d...
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About Instances III
The Work
The word “instance”, used today primarily in legal language, is an old expression whose meaning is “request”, “prayer”. The “otherness” of the sonority of the marimba allows a welcome opposition in this piece, between short resonance with a dry attack, and mysterious bass notes rising up from the depths of the earth.