Tambourin Chinois (Solo Xylophone & Brass Quintet)

Originally composed in 1910 for violin and piano, Tambourin Chinois has become a very popular showpiece in the repertoire. Edward Bach has reimagined it here as an exciting solo xylophone feature with brass quintet accompaniment.

Genre: Solo Xylophone with Brass Quintet | # of Players: 6
Level: Medium | Duration: 3:30

Instrumentation
Solo Xylophone

B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
Horn in F
Trombone
Tuba

Program Notes
"I don’t mind telling you that I enjoyed very much writing my Tambourin Chinois. The idea for it came to me after a visit to the Chinese theater in San Francisco—not that the music there suggested any theme, but it gave me the impulse to write a free fantasy in the Chinese manner."
— Fritz Kreisler

Originally composed in 1910 for violin and piano, Tambourin Chinois has become a very popular showpiece in the repertoire. Edward Bach has reimagined it here as an exciting solo xylophone feature with brass quintet accompaniment.