Editing Xylorimba

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[[File:Xylorimba_(from_Emil_Richards_Collection).jpg|thumb|right|Xylorimba, range C3-C8]]

The '''xylorimba''' (sometimes referred to as '''xylo-marimba''' or '''marimba-xylophone''') is a pitched [[percussion instrument]] similar to an extended-range [[xylophone]] with a range identical to some 5-[[octave]] [[celesta]]s or 5-octave [[marimba]]s, though typically an octave higher than the latter. Despite its name, it is not a combination of a xylophone and a marimba; its name has been a source of confusion, as many composers have called for a 'xylorimba', including [[Alban Berg]], [[Pierre Boulez]] and [[Olivier Messiaen]], but for parts requiring only a four-octave xylophone.{{sfn|Blades|Holland|2001}} However, Pierre Boulez wrote for two five-octave xylorimbas in {{lang|fr|[[Pli selon pli]]}}.{{sfn|Blades|Holland|2001}}

Like the xylophone and marimba, the xylorimba consists of a series of wooden bars laid out like a [[musical keyboard|piano keyboard]] "with a compass sufficiently large to embrace the low-sounding bars of the marimba and the highest-sounding bars of the xylophone."{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} The lower notes of the xylorimba are described as sounding closer to a xylophone than a marimba, on account of its bars being both thicker and narrower, and due to the different size and shape of its [[resonator]]s; the size and shape of the bars differs to emphasize different [[overtones]].{{sfn|Blades|Holland|2001}}

The xylorimba experienced its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 30s, particularly within [[vaudeville]] theatre{{sfn|Blades|Holland|2001}}

==Compositions including xylorimba==
(4, 4.5, and 5-octave instruments):
*[[Alban Berg]]: [[Three Pieces for Orchestra (Berg)|Three Pieces for Orchestra]] (1914–15, revised 1929)
*[[Erik Bergman]]: ''Hathor Suite'' for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and ensemble (cor anglais, flute, harp and percussion) (1971)
*[[William Bolcom]]: ''Dream Music No. 2'' for four players (1982)
*[[Pierre Boulez]]: {{lang|fr|[[Le Marteau sans maître]]}} for alto and six instruments (1953–55, revised 1957)
*Pierre Boulez: {{lang|fr|[[Pli selon pli]]}} for soprano and orchestra (1957–62)
*[[HK Gruber]]: Piano Concerto (2016; world premiere)
*[[Helmut Lachenmann]]: {{lang|de|[[Mouvement (- vor der Erstarrung)]]}}) for three ad hoc players and 14 players (1982/84)
*Helmut Lachenmann: ''Souvenir'' for 41 instruments (1959)
*Helmut Lachenmann: ''Accanto'' for solo clarinet and orchestra (1975–76)
*[[Olivier Messiaen]]: {{lang|fr|Couleurs de la Cité Céleste}} for piano and chamber orchestra (1963)
*Olivier Messiaen: {{lang|fr|[[La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ]]}} for mixed choir, seven solo instruments and large orchestra (1965–69)
*Olivier Messiaen: {{lang|fr|[[Des Canyons aux étoiles...]]}} for piano solo, horn, xylorimba, glockenspiel and orchestra (1971–74)
*Olivier Messiaen: {{lang|fr|[[Saint François d'Assise]]}} opera (1975–83)
*Olivier Messiaen: {{lang|fr|[[Éclairs sur l'au-delà…]]}} for large orchestra (1988–92)
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]]: ''Strophen'' for soprano, voce recitante, and 10 instruments (1959)
*[[Carlos Stella]]: ''quartet: pastiches, parodies and variations on two themes by stravinsky and berio'' for piccolo clarinet, trombone, xylorimba and vibraphone (1995)
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]: ''[[The Flood (Stravinsky)|The Flood: A musical play]]'' TV opera (1962)
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]: {{lang|de|[[Gruppen]]}} for three orchestras (1955–57) (in the list of instruments for Orchestra III, but the score itself calls for a [[marimbaphone]], as in Orchestra I)
*[[Iannis Xenakis]]: {{Transliteration|el|[[Pléïades]]}} for percussion sextet (1978)
*[[The The]]: Introduction to the song "Uncertain Smile" (1982)

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Blades |first=James |others=Revised by James Holland |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Xylorimba [xylo-marimba, marimba-xylophone] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30662 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000030662 |ref={{sfnRef|Blades|Holland|2001}} |access-date=5 February 2011 }} {{Grove Music subscription}}

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