Editing Marimba (section)

=== Modern ===
[[File:MarimbaTimeOnFrenchmenMardiGras2009.JPG|thumb|A marimba player on the streets of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], during [[Mardi Gras in New Orleans|Mardi Gras]]]]
Marimbas have become widely popular around the world since it was being used throughout [[Africa]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America]], [[South America]] and [[Central America]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Marimba {{!}} musical instrument|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/marimba|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref>

In 1850, Mexican marimbist Manuel Bolán Cruz (1810–1863), modified the old bow marimba, by the wooden straight one, lengthening the legs so that the musicians could play in a standing mode, expanded the keyboard and replaced the gourd resonators by wooden boxes.

In 1892, Mexican musician {{ill|Corazón de Jesús Borras Moreno|es}} expanded the range of the marimba to include the [[chromatic scale]] by adding another row of sound bars, akin to black keys on the piano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noticiasnet.mx/portal/chiapas/fama/artes/99541-marimba-madera-que-tambien-cambia|title=La marimba, madera que también cambia|work=Noticiasnet|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311014439/http://noticiasnet.mx/portal/chiapas/fama/artes/99541-marimba-madera-que-tambien-cambia|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The name ''marimba'' was later applied to the orchestra instrument inspired by the Latin American model. In the United States, companies like [[J.C. Deagan, Inc.|J.C. Deagan]] and the [[Leedy Manufacturing Company]] adapted the Latin American instruments for use in Western music. Metal tubes were used as resonators, fine-tuned by rotating metal discs at the bottom; lowest note tubes were U-shaped. The marimbas were first used for light music and dance, such as [[vaudeville]] theater and comedy shows. [[Clair Omar Musser]] was a chief proponent of marimba in the United States at the time.

In 1940, the American composer [[Paul Creston]] wrote the first composition for solo marimba (''Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Marimba |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002250160 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Grove Music Online |date=2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2250160 |last1=Kite |first1=Rebecca }}</ref> French composer [[Darius Milhaud]] also helped introduce marimbas into [[Western classical music]] with his 1947 ''Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone''. Four-mallet grip was employed to play [[chord (music)|chords]], enhancing interest for the instrument.<ref name="Vienna">{{cite web |title=Marimba > History |url=http://www.vsl.co.at/en/70/3196/3204/3209/5771.vsl |publisher=Vienna Symphonic Orchestra |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920063113/http://www.vsl.co.at/en/70/3196/3204/3209/5771.vsl |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the late 20th century, [[modernism (music)|modernist]] and [[contemporary classical music|contemporary]] composers found new ways to use marimba: notable examples include [[Leoš Janáček]] (''[[Jenufa]]''), [[Carl Orff]] (''[[Antigonae]]''), [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], [[Hans Werner Henze]] (''[[Elegy for Young Lovers]]''), [[Pierre Boulez]] (''[[Le marteau sans maître]]'') and [[Steve Reich]].