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Ground is a complex work for solo orchestra bells. It is constructed in seven short movements. Irregular meters and groupings make this piece rhythmically and musically challenging.
Number of Players:
Level of Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Solo Orchestra bells
Stuart Saunders Smith is an American composer, editor, and poet. He earned a DMA in composition at the University of Illinois, he studied with Edward Miller, Edward Diemente, Slavatore Martirano, Herbert Brün and Benjamin Johnston. Smith has come to create a diverse and unusual body of musical and literary compositions. His music is impressive in both the breadth of its scope and the richness of its diverisfication. As a reflection of the multiplicity, his scores themselves stand out as exciting and orginal examples of the variety of contemporary developments in musical notation.
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