Legacies
Commissioned by the NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor composer & percussionist Lynn Glassock, Legacies is a rousing work of great depth and variety. Using a similar instrumentation and rhythmic quotes from Glassock's classic work Factions, Daughtrey has created a completely original and challenging tribute to one of his first compositional influences.
Medium: Percussion Ensemble (10)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Composed: 2012
Duration: 8:00
Difficulty: Grade 5
Commission: NC Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society
Instrumentation
Percussion 1 (bells, crotales, high woodblock)
Percussion 2 (vibraphone, sizzle cymbal, medium woodblock)
Percussion 3 (vibraphone, low woodblock)
Percussion 4 (chimes, xylophone, claves)
Percussion 5 (4-oct marimba, medium tom)
Percussion 6 (4.3-oct marimba, medium low tom)
Percussion 7 (5-oct marimba, low tom)
Percussion 8 (4 timpani, slapstick)
Percussion 9 (snare drum, bongos, bell tree, splash cym, suspended cym, China cym)
Percussion 10 (concert bass drum, kick bass drum laid flat, tam-tam)
Program Notes
Legacies was commissioned by the North Carolina Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society to honor renowned composer/percussionist/educator Lynn Glassock, who recently retired from his position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This commission has a particularly special meaning to me, as Lynn's percussion octet "Layers" that was the first percussion ensemble work I ever played. The impact his music has had on the world of percussion is immense, not to mention the impact it has had on my own compositions.
As a starting point, I used very similar instrumentation to Lynn’s piece “Factions” for 10 percussionists. Driven primarily by keyboard percussion, each performer additionally plays a battery or accessory instrument. The opening unison rhythm from “Factions” is also quoted and fragmented throughout “Legacies.” All of the melodic and harmonic material was derived from chromatically spelling out the name LYNN GLASSOCK with pitches.
- NHD
