(1948 - 2012)
Theo Brandmüller was born in Mainz, Germany in 1948, shortly after World War II. He studied composition and organ in his formative years and in 1979 became the professor of composition at the Saarland Academy. Brandmüller performed contemporary repertoire for the organ at home and widely abroad and won several prizes for his works such as the Rome Prize of the Villa Massimo 1979 and gained a scholarship of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. His most significant work was his Concerto for organ and orchestra written in 1981. Theo Brandmüller died in Saarbrücken, Germany in November 2012.
Theo Brandmüller Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Ach, trauriger Mond - Klage um Federico Garcia Lorca
No Timpani + solo percussion
Xylophone, vibraphone, 5 temple blocks, log drum, 4 gongs, tam tam, anvil, wood drum, tambourine, tubular bell, 2 octaves crotales
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Drammer per Musica
Timpani + 3 percussion
Marimba, vibraphone, 5 temple blocks, gong, bell plates, tubular bells, metronome, orchestral bass drum, guiro, Mahler hammer and block, wood block
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Elegia (for percussion and organ)
Timpani + 3 percussion
Xylophone, vibraphone, 5 temple blocks, log drum, 4 gongs, tam tam, anvil, wood drum, tambourine, tubular bells, 2 octaves crotales
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Organ Concerto
No Timpani + 2 percussion
Marimba, vibraphone, high suspended cymbal, glass of water
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Music of Silence and Overtones
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Marimba, vibraphone, 3 suspended cymbals, 2 tam tams, tubular bell, triangle
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Reminiszenzen
Timpani + 2 percussion
1) metronome, typewriter, temple block, hammer with nailboard, 3 anvils 2) 3 tom toms, 3 triangles, 1 temple block
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Venezianische Schatten
No Timpani + 2 percussion
Xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, maracas, claves, gong, 2 tenor drums, log drum, clash cymbals, hi hat, metronome, tuning fork
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