Smith, Stuart S.-Magdalene (set of parts ONLY)-P/SSX OS

Since 1995, I have occasionally composed chamber music which I call "music of co-existence," where each player has a separate part, and plays it without regard to the other players. There is no score, just parts. The music relies more on chance coincidences that performer choices. I compose this kind of music to avoid relationships among the players, getting a rich blend of soloists musical combinations.

-Stuart Saunders Smith

Number of Players: 3
Level of Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:

Player I: Soprano Saxophone

Player I: Snare Drum, 2 Sus. Cym, Triangle

Player I: Snare Drum, 2 Sus. Cym, Triangle

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.