Gordon Stout

Three Etudes for Marimba (1975 – 1976)

Etude No. 1 -- Etude No. 6 -- Etude No. 14 “Basically Broke Blues”

Mexican Dance no. 1 (1977)

Since 1980, Gordon Stout (b.1952) has been Professor of Percussion at the School of Music, Ithaca College (Ithaca, N.Y.). He studied composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and percussion with James Salmon and John Beck, and as a recitalist and recording artist he has premiered both his own compositions and works by other composers. Many of his compositions for marimba have entered the standard repertoire and receive frequent performances internationally, and his two Mexican Dances are among the most popular pieces ever written for the instrument.

--Music @ Main, March, 2009 (Tony Steve, marimba)

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