| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | prelude, theme, 8 variations, coda |
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| Composition Year | 2025 |
| Genre Categories | Variations; For 2 percussion, piano; Scores featuring percussion soloists; |
Contents |
Complete Performance
*#995280 - 18.65MB - 10:36 - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5×⇩ - MP3 - Davide Verotta
MP3 file (audio)
Davide Verotta (2025/10/9)
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Complete Score
*#995277 - 4.92MB, 35 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13×⇩ - Davide Verotta
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Davide Verotta (2025/10/9)
Glockenspiel/Snare Drum/Cymbals/
Gong/Bass Drum/Triangle/Mallets
*#995278 - 0.75MB, 7 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1×⇩ - Davide Verotta
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Davide Verotta (2025/10/9)
Vibraphone/Toms
*#995279 - 0.73MB, 7 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1×⇩ - Davide Verotta
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Davide Verotta (2025/10/9)
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| Work Title | Mercury Variations |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Verotta, Davide |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | O.121 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IDV 83 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | prelude, theme, 8 variations, coda |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2025 |
| First Performance. | 2025/10/03 |
| First Publication. | 2025 |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 10.5 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | snare drum, cymbals, gong, bass drum, triangle, mallets, toms, glockenspiel, vibraphone, piano |
| Extra Information | Mercury Variations is a lively and exuberant composition for piano and percussion. While it has no specific programmatic intent, the diverse facets that Mercury assumed through the ages as god of commerce, eloquence, communication, travelers, trickery, merchants, and thieves, fit the variation form well. The aggressive prelude and coda point to the other side of the coin: there is no god, just a massive rock traveling ponderously at close to 170,000 km/hour around the sun. |
