CS | THE MAGIC BOX by Cliff Crego

The Magic Box:
new music for mallet
instruments

by Cliff Crego

Discovering the simple
in the complex;
and the complex
in the simple

last update: III.30.2012 See also: NEW MUSIC for DRUMS

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preview the study score of THE MAGIC BOX—for
vibraphone & marimba [ opens in a new window ]

download (± a bit rough) complete
MAGIC BOX CYCLE.mp3 [c. 36' | 32.1 Mb]

download complete performance score of
THE MAGIC BOX.pdf [37 A3 pages | 550 k]

the magic box two streams of complementary metrical movement, one in 5, the other in 3.
the first of a set 11 duos for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 4 pages)

| listen to the magic box [REQUIRES QT ]

| download PDF of the magic box (four 11" x 17" p: 88 K)

an invention in two voices a weaving together of two independent layers
of melodic movement; for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 6 pages)
(see also a brief intro for the keyboard version at another website by Cliff Crego,
picture-poems.com intro: an invention in two voices)

| listen to an invention in two voices [REQUIRES QuickTime]

| download PDF of invention (six 11" x 17" pages: 88 K)

Listen to the Première of An Invention for Two Voices
—for vibraphone and marimba,
performed by Joeke Hoekstra and Niels Meliefste,
(2002) at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Special thanks to Marc Zoutendijk for the recording. [c. 5' 30"]

wind in white pines two simple, peaceful streams of movement crossings in cycles of
4 in the time of 5, for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 2 pages)

| listen to wind in white pines [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of white pines (two 11" x 17" pages: 30 K) [
the little triangle (homage à Stravinsky) the companion piece of white pines
(above) with a playful back and forth 4 against 3, for vibraphone and marimba
(large 11 x 17 format (A3); 2 pages)

| listen to the little triangle [REQUIRES QuickTime]

| download PDF of the little triangle [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]
study in 15 a metrical dance around 5 x 3 and 3 x 5, for vibraphone and marimba
(large 11 x 17 format (A3); 2 pages)

| listen to study in 15 [REQUIRES QuickTime]

| download PDF of study in 15 [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]
passaggio a journey of a 1000 steps along the wandering ways of a constant, whispering bass,
for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 4 pages)

| listen to passaggio [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of passaggio
star gazing I three voices modulating metrically through different textures
and constellations of tones, like points of light threaded together in a clear night sky,
for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 2 pages)

| listen to star gazing I [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of star gazing I
the little fox a children's song about a butterfly, a blackbird and a flower, in 3's, 2's
and 5's" for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 1 page)
(version for child's voice and percussion, the little fox: Voice)

| listen to the little fox [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of the little fox
4-page sonata (An American Sonata) together with the invention above, the central piece
of the magic box collection, featuring wildly virtuosic rhythmic glissandi contrasting with
driving metrical passages, for vibraphone and marimba (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 4 pages)

| listen to 4-page sonata [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of 4-page sonata
dance of the blue castanets a miniature one-page concert encore, cycling gently
over and over again through three octaves of tempo, for vibraphone and marimba (large 11
x 17 format (A3); 1 page)

| listen to blue castanets [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of blue castanets
4-square another one-page miniature intended as an encore piece, but this time a
jazzy 3/4 honky-tonk on top of a solid 4/4 bass, for vibraphone and marimba
(large 11 x 17 format (A3); 1 page)

| listen to 4-square [REQUIRES QT]

| download PDF of 4-square
moonstone—for vibraphone solo from spica—for percussion solo
[link to intro ) (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 4 pages)

| listen to moonstone (REQUIRES QT)

| download PDF of moonstone (four 11" x 17" pages: 64 K)
nightphantom—for marimba solo from spica—for percussion solo
[link to intro ) (large 11 x 17 format (A3); 4 pages)

| listen to a MIDI version of nightphantom (REQUIRES QT) |

| download PDF of nightphantom (four 11" x 17" pages: 64 K)
PDF of the magic box: complete quick & easy download of all the above featured scores.
(thirty-seven 11" x 17" pages: 550 K) [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]

Duo Vertigo's
new CD
featuring fine
first recordings
of five of my
magic box
pieces . . .

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