STEPHEN PRIMATIC LEGACY SQUARE for
Legacy Square by Stephen Primatic © 2024 Tapspace Publications, LLC (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
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TSPCE24-023
PROGRAM NOTES
Legacy Square is a piece for large percussion ensemble in three main sections, each involving a melody in slow-moving notes coupled with an active accompaniment. The rousing march-like opening features a swirling background based on the Andalusian cadence (or Flamenco progression) with a long, soaring melody in the metal keyboard instruments. The mysterious second section is more chromatically dense, with a new melody presented in an almost heterophonic texture. The third section is a more grooveoriented take on an ostinato background with an overarching melody introduced in the previous section. The melodic treatment gradually increases in intensity and activity, leading up to a return to the opening material for a lively, dynamic ending.
Stephen Primatic
SUGGESTED SETUP
PLAYERS AND INSTRUMENTATION
Legacy Square requires 13 players with the following instrumentation:
1. Glockenspiel
2. Chimes + mark tree
3. Vibraphone + ribbon crasher
4. Xylophone
5. Marimba 1 (4-octave, or share with M4)
6. Marimba 2 (4-octave)
7. Marimba 3 (low A)
8. Marimba 4 (5-octave)
9. 4 Timpani (32”, 29”, 26”, 23”) — may be performed without 23” drum
10. Piano
11. Drumset + castanets
12. Percussion 1 — triangle, tambourine, suspended cymbal, cabasa, shekere, 4 concert toms
13. Percussion 2 — hand cymbals, tam-tam, suspended cymbal, concert bass drum
NOTATION KEY
G l o c k e n s p i e l
C h i m e s + m a r k t r e e
V i b r a p h o n e + r b b o n c r a s h e r
X y l o p h o n e
M a r i m b a 1
4 - o c t a v e ( o r s h a r e w / M 4 )
M a r i m b a 2 4 - o c t a v e
M a r i m b a 3 o w A
M a r i m b a 4
5 - o c t a v e
4 Ti m p a n i
P i a n o
D r u m s e t + c a s t a n e t s
P e r c u s s i o n 1 t r a n g e t a m b o u r i n e
