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Instrument list:

• Flute: doubles Piccolo & Bongos
  
• Bb Clarinet: doubles Cow bells (Go-go bells) & Gourd
  
• Double Bass: doubles Conga & Gourd
  
• Marimba: doubles Cow Bells (Go-go bells)
  
• Percussion: 8 Tom-toms or Roto-toms (high to low), Pedal bass drum, Concert bass drum, -Tambourine, Wood block, Mark tree, Sizzle cymbal, Police whistle, Vibraphone, & Orchestra bells

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‘Dances for Five‘ is based upon the composer’s research of rhythms and dances from the African country of Ghana.

It is for quintet playing a set of five dances each titled:
I) Greeting dance
2) Centering dance
3) Rain dance
4) Battle dance
5) Last dance

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Dedicated to:The New York Quintet (NY5)

William Moersch, marimba
Keith Underwood, flute
James McElwaine, clarinet
Dennis Masuzzo, bass
Jonathan Haas, percussion

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Premiere: November 3, 1983 Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, MD. - The New York Quintet (NY5)
And: November 4, 1983 at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, TN - The New York Quintet (NY5)
November 7, 1983 at Symphony Space in New York, NY - The New York Quintet (NY5)

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