Music Appreciation 3e Kamien
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Steve Reich (b. 1936)

Sextet (Mvt. 3)

Instrumentation: pianos (2), vibraphones (2), crotales, bass drums (2)

CD 3, Tracks 48-52, Duration 2:27

48) Sustained chords in pianos, vibraphone, and crotales against repeated notes in second vibraphone.

49) Solo vibraphone, repeated melodic fragment in triple meter; second vibraphone joins with imitating melodic fragment.

50) Staccato low piano chords join vibraphones.
:15 High staccato chords in two pianos alternate between quadruple and triple meter against imitation in vibraphones.

51) Faster dancelike rhythms in pianos, triple meter ("in sync"), alternate with "out of sync" chords in quadruple meter, against vibraphone fragments.

52) Accented faster beat in quadruple meter.
:09 Return to dancelike rhythms in pianos, triple meter ("in sync"), which alternate with "out of sync" chords in quadruple meter, against two vibraphones going in and out of phase.
:37 Sonorous high chord with repeated figures.

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