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''The Desert Music'' is a work of music for voices and orchestra composed by the minimalist composer Steve Reich. It is based on texts by William Carlos Williams and takes its title from his poetry anthology ''The Desert Music and Other Poems''. The composition consists of five movements, and in both its tempi and arrangement of thematic material, the piece is in a characteristic arch form (ABCBA). It was composed in 1983.〔(Boosey & Hawkes. Accessed 3 July 2011. )〕 == Orchestration == The piece is scored for a chorus of 27 voices: nine sopranos, and six each of altos, tenors and basses. The orchestra calls for: * 4 flutes (doubling on 3 piccolos), 4 oboes (doubling on 3 cor anglais), 4 B clarinets (doubling on 3 B bass clarinets), 4 bassoons (doubling on 1 contrabassoon) * 4 horns, 4 trumpets (doubling on 1 optional piccolo trumpet), 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba. * 2 timpani players, both doubling on rototoms, 7 percussionists (playing 2 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, 2 xylophones, 2 glockenspiels, maracas, sticks, 2 bass drums, medium gong). * 2 pianos, played by four musicians * The strings (12-12-9-9-6) are broken into three sections of (4-4-3-3-2) seated by their section with the first set of 16 players stage right, the next 16 center stage, and the last 16 stage left. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Desert Music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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