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Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl cl vibr man g hp vl cb

Geometral : three pieces for ensemble / António Pinho Vargas

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Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2121 sax-a 2120 vibr mar cel pf 2vl vla vc cb

Passacaglia in blue : for 12 windinstruments and double bass, (1972) / Willem Frederik Bon

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Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
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Kameleon : een kompositie voor: blazers, strijkers, slagwerk, elektriese instrumenten en elektronika, (1970-1971) / Bernard van den Boogaard

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
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composition

Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen

Author(s):
Keulen, Geert van (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Wals is not a waltz, but the work is based upon the same rhythmic tension between double and triple time which is characteristic of the Viennese waltz. Although Wals is almost entirely 2/4, the rudiments of a waltz can be perceived here and there and with increasing distinctness towards the end. The culmination of this process is that the last two bars are written in 3/4 after all: "Tempo di Valse". Thus the development is the reverse of that of "La Valse" by Ravel, where the waltz breaks off in the last two bars. The second principal element is a three-part canon with the parts played in hocket style. In overall terms this hocket technique becomes increasingly complex as the work progresses, until shortly before the end total fragmentation is achieved. - GEERT VAN KEULEN