This product includes Full Score and Parts [PDF] of Gamelan Tango for Mallet Quartet [2 Vibraphones, 2 Marimbas] "Gamelan Tango" is a one-movement composition for 2 vibraphones, 2 marimbas (1 low A marimba and 1 five octave marimba) written in December 2020. It is commissioned by the University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble. It is dedicated to my parents, Sandy and Dimitris and the UofT Percussion Ensemble performers, Joyce To, Jasmine Tsui, Tim Roth and Tyler Cunningham. I was exposed to tango music and dance from a very young age, always looking at my parents dancing tango in festivals, milongas or usually filming them when they rehearsed at home. In "Gamelan Tango", I attempted to combine two very contrasting music traditions that I love; Indonesian Gamelan music and Argentine/Uruguayan Tango & Milonga music. Having listened to a vast number of CD's of different tango ensembles and orchestras, I realized that the majority of the melodies and motives of classical tango and milongas are incredibly beautiful but at the same time so similar with each other. Thus, I composed a piece, a part of which includes scattered segments of famous tango songs, cliché tango motivic gestures, habanera and Piazzola-style rhythms, and I combined it with gamelan-like figures and harmonies. All these elements are blended together in a sarcastic personal story which unfolds like an obsessive game between nostalgia, meditation, parody and drama. Segments of tango songs included in "Gamelan Tango": La Cumparsita Schnittke-Tango in a madhouse Orchestra Pedro Gonez (Pedro Gonez) - Tango Misterioso
