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William Moersch
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The initial interest in the marimba in the U.S. was largely due to appearances by various incarnations of the Hurtado Marimba Band (1901, 1908, 1915), representing the Central American tradition of multiple players on one or two instruments. The repertoire consisted of unpublished transcriptions of classical and popular music.
Through the 1910-1920's, however, the xylophone was far more popular and also better suited to the new medium of acoustic recording. C.O. Musser's marimba orchestras of the 1930's expanded on the Central American style of multiple voices/multiple players in transcribing popular orchestral music, mainly from the five string parts.
By the time of the first "art music" written (and published) specifically for solo marimba, i.e. the Creston Concertino (1940), the range of the instrument had shrunk to 3.5, or at least, that was the range of the intended soloist's instrument.
It is possible that I have omitted some earlier ensemble music of Percy Granger's which might have used extended range instruments.
WM
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