(1924 - 2010)
Benjamin Lees was renowned for his works featuring concertante group and orchestra: his Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1964) has been performed by more than 35 ensembles. In 1954 Benjamin received the Guggenheim Fellowship award which enabled him to live in Europe and remove himself from the American art music scene. Lees wrote in an extended tonal idiom, with shifting metres shaping an underlying pulse. Benjamin Lees works were by the commissioned by the Dallas, Detroit, Houston, National, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, among others.
Benjamin Lees Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Borealis
Timpani + 3 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, snare drum, triangle, tam tam, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, xylophone, glockenspiel
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Celebration
No Timpani + 4 percussion
Xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 wood blocks, 5 temple blocks, castanets, maracas, 3 tom toms, 5 field drums
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Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Timpani + 1 percussion
Clash cymbals, triangle, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Timpani + 2 percussion
Glockenspiel, tam tam, tubular bells, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Concerto for Orchestra
Timpani + 2 percussion
Xylophone, clash cymbals, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Timpani + 7 percussion + celeste
Tubular bells, xylophone, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tenor drum, field drum, tom tom, maracas, bongos, 2 wood blocks, temple blocks, suspended cymbal, clash cymbals. finger cymbals, tambourine, anvil, tam tam, small tam tam, castanets, triangle, glockenspiel, wind chimes
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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Timpani + 2 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, clash cymbals, triangle, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam tam, triangle, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Constellations
No Timpani + 4 percussion
Xylophone, glockenspiel, 2 wood block, 5 temple blocks, orchestral bass drum, castanets, maracas, 3 tom toms, 5 field drums, clash cymbals, snare drum, gong
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Divertimento-Burlesca
Timpani + 1 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, clash cymbals, triangle, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Double Concerto
Timpani + 3 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, snare drum, triangle, wood block, temple blocks, tam tam, suspended cymbal, clash cymbals, finger cymbals, castanets, glockenspiel, tubular bells
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Echoes of Normandy
Timpani + 4 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, snare drum, tenor drum, wood block, temple blocks
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Etudes
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, tubular bells, clash cymbals, tam tam, triangle, castanets, temple blocks, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Mobiles
Timpani + 4 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, snare drum, triangle, clash cymbals, high & low wood block, tam tam, castanets, glass chimes, glockenspiel, tubular bells
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Passacaglia for Orchestra
Timpani + 3 percussion
Snare drum, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam tam, temple blocks, wood block, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells
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Piano Concerto No.1
Timpani + 2 percussion
Xylophone, clash cymbals, triangle, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Piano Concerto No.2
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, anvil, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam tam, triangle, 2 wood blocks, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Portrait of Rodin
Timpani + 3 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, tam tam, snare drum, clash cymbals, gourd, finger cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, tubular bells
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Prologue, Capriccio, and Epilogue
Timpani + 3 percussion
Xylophone, clash cymbals, tam tam, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
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Scarlatti Portfolio
Timpani + 2 percussion
Snare drum, orchestral bass drum, castanets, tambourine, triangle, glockenspiel
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Silhouettes
Timpani + 1 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, snare drum, clash cymbals, wood block, tam tam, tambourine
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Spectrum
Timpani + 1 percussion
Glockenspiel, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, triangle
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Symphony No.2
Timpani + 2 percussion
Xylophone, clash cymbals, orchestral bass drum, snare drum
Symphony No.3
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, tam tam, temple blocks, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tenor drum
Symphony No.4 'Memorial Candles'
Timpani + 3 percussion
Orchestral bass drum, snare drum, clash cymbals, temple blocks, tambourine, tam tam, glockenspiel, tubular bells, xylophone, triangle
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Symphony No.5 'Kalmar Nyckel'
Timpani + 4 percussion + celeste
Xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, orchestral bass drum, snare drum clash cymbals, wood block, field drum, triangle, castanets, tambourine, celeste
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Variations
Timpani + 4 percussion
Glockenspiel, tubular bells, clash cymbals, finger cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam tam, castanets, temple blocks, wood block,. orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine
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Visions of Poets
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, xylophone, clash cymbals, tam tam, triangle, wood block, orchestral bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, tenor drum
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