related works
Album (Volume 1) : for cello en piano
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vc pf
De uitkrant : for electronic percussion, bass marimba and drumset / Martin van Duynhoven
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
mar-b drumset el.perc
Goldrush Duo : for percussion duo / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
2perc
Digital signals : for 3 percussionists, tape, computer and live electronics, 1996 / David Little
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion; Electronics with different instruments; Percussion with multimedia
Scoring:
3perc tape computer live electronics
composition
Tōtoltepōhua : for percussion duo / Merijn Bisschops
Author(s):
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