Several years ago, I commissioned Ian Deterling to write a 3-movement work for solo marimba in honor of my father, William W. Jones. As a child, I would hear my father tell stories about growing up in a copper mining camp in Chile's Atacama desert in the 1940s and 1950s. The town of Chuquicamata, or as the local call it, 'Chuqui,' is an isolated mining community in an arid mountain desert. This piece for solo marimba depicts three scenes from my father's childhood.
III. Caballos de los Carabineros: The final movement presents a scene where young boys from the camp ask police officers on patrol if they can have a turn riding their horses down the road. At times, the officers would oblige the boys who would regally ride around town. The playfulness of the boys can be heard in the rhythmic ideas of this movement, as well as the pomp with which they ride their steeds. Use of rubato is advised in this movement to create a musical nuance that is at times driving and at other times reflective.
Негізгі бет Chuqui: III. Caballos de los Carabineros by Ian Deterling
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