(1928 -2008)
The musical aesthetics of Frank Michael Beyer owe much to his childhood years in Greece. The sure craftsmanship of his work as a composer, performer (organ, piano, conducting) and teacher is spiritually and sensually rooted in a 'classical' tendency towards formal synthesis of individual elements and in a sensual Mediterranean correlation of creative processes. Beyer studied in Berlin and Leipzig and was a teacher at the Berlin Music College where he founded the Institute for New Music in 1990. Frank Michael Beyer spent 1986-2003 as Director of the music department of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin.
Frank Michael Beyer Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Konzert für Viola und Orchester
Timpani + 3 percussion
Vibraphone, marimba, 6 suspended cymbal, tubular bells, 3 tam tams, orchestral bass drum, 6 gongs
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Canto di giorno
No Timpani + 2 percussion
Vibraphone, marimba, tubular bells
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De lumine
No Timpani + 3 percussion
3 suspended cymbals, 3 tom toms, vibraphone, marimba
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Diaphonie
Timpani + 4 percussion
Vibraphone, 3 wood blocks, 4 suspended cymbals, 4 tam tam, 2 octave crotales, tubular bells, 3 triangles. orchestral bass drum, tenor drum, bongos, 3 tom toms
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Fuga Fiammata
Timpani + 4 percussion
6 suspended cymbal, 2 pairs bongos, 4 tom toms, 3 tam tam, vibraphone, marimba, 7 gongs
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Klangtore
Timpani + 4 percussion
Glockenspiel, cowbells, tubular bells, 4 gongs, 5 suspended cymbal, 2 pairs bongos, 4 tom toms, 3 tam tams, orchestral bass drum, vibraphone, marimba
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Musik der Frühe
Timpani + 3 percussion
4 wood blocks, 2 pairs bongos, 4 tom toms, 5 suspended cymbals, orchestral bass drum, 2 tam tams (medium, low), tubular bells, vibraphone, cowbells x 3
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Rondeau imaginaire
Timpani + 3 percussion
Glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba
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