All That is Left (Perc Ens 12)

The title All That is Left is a play on the "Litany Against Fear" from Frank Herbert’s novel, Dune. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” I will be all that is left.

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 12
Series: N/A
Level: Medium Advanced | Duration: 9:25

Instrumentation
Conductor's Score (8.5"x11" spiral bound)

Crotales & Glockenspiel: 4 mallets, bass bow
Chimes & Xylophone: chime hammer, 4 hard plastic mallets
Vibraphone 1: 4 mallets
Vibraphone 2: 4 mallets
Marimba 1: 4-octave, 4 yarn mallets
Marimba 2: 4-octave, 4 yarn mallets
Marimba 3: 4-octave, 4 yarn mallets
Marimba 4: 5-octave, 4 yarn mallets
Timpani: 4 drums
Percussion 1: 2 Bongos, 2 Concert Toms (lower than Bongos), Sleigh Bells, Tambourine, Sizzle Cymbal
Percussion 2: Hi-Hat, Splash Cymbal, Wind Chimes, Woodblock, Claves, Low Tom, Suspended Cymbal
Percussion 3: Tam-Tam, Triangle, 2 Suspended Cymbals, Concert Bass Drum, Anvil

Program Notes
I wrote All That Is Left during my sabbatical from teaching in the fall of 2022. The piece was premiered the following spring by Hamiruge – The LSU Percussion Group. After living through the pandemic of 2020 and my mother’s suicide in 2021, it finally dawned on me that I had been living most of my life in a state of fear. The title of the composition is a play on the "Litany Against Fear" from Frank Herbert’s novel, Dune. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” I will be all that is left.

Hamiruge – The LSU Percussion Group (Brett Dietz, director)