Recuerdos de la Alhambra

by Francisco Tarrega

arranged for marimba soloand

marimba duetby Alois Pirnat

duration time 340

Recuerdos de le AlhambraBy Francisco Tarrega

Arranged for marimba soloand

Marimba duetBy Alois Pirnat

Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of Alhambra) was written as guitar miniature and talks about thegardens of Alhambra Palace which overlooks the city of Granada, Spain. This is perhaps one of the bestknown of the Muslim compositions left in Europe. The idea behind whole composition is an attempt tocreate a duplicate of Paradise on earth. The symmetry and cool exoticism of the courtyards is all hinted atin the music.

There are two versions of the piece included, one for marimba solo and the other as a duet. The marimbasolo version should also serve as an excellent tremolo exercise for the right hand. Slightly harder malletsshould be used for melody in the right hand than for accompaniment line in the left hand.

If playing as a duet, the two parts could be played on two marimbas, marimba and vibes or as a trio withmarimba, vibes and glockenspiel. When playing as a duet the melody could be played on vibes withoutbottom octave. In the second part where piece modulates from a minor to A major performers could add aglockenspiel as bottom octave line and play it as a trio. A slow vibrato in vibes should also be added, but notremolo. When playing as a duet on the same marimba bass line in bars 18-20 is modified so there is noneed for crossing the hands. When playing on a two separate instruments the original line should be played.

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Marimba 1Roll all melody notes

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