related works

Cellobundel I : voor cello en piano

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vc pf

Back to square one : for two percussionists, 1990 / Jan Bus

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 2perc

Double smooth disaster : for 2 vibraphones, 1996 / Edward Top

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 2vibr

Genieting II : for extended vibraphone, 2002 / Willem Boogman

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: vibr

composition

Tōtoltepōhua : for percussion duo / Merijn Bisschops

Other authors:
Bisschops, Merijn (Composer)
Description:
Tōtoltepōhua is the Nahuatl word for "to count eggs". Nahuatl is a polysynthetic language, spoken by original inhabitants of Mexico, in which complex words are formed by the combination of several simple words.
The composition Tōtoltepōhua starts with two sets of base pulses for each percussionist. By itself these simple rhythms are straightforward like metronome beats, but combined they reveal a more complex connection: incidentally they lead to moments that can be perceived as grooves. Most of these groovy moments flee instantly, only one standard Latin rhythm persists. Driven by sudden tempo shifts, the rhythmic feel of the music changes rapidly and sometimes stagnates in repeating patterns.
Merijn Bisschops