Paganini Variations (Preview)

PROMETHEAN EDITIONS 

GARY WAIN 

Paganini Variations 

Marimba

Gary Wain 


Marimba 

PROMETHEAN EDITIONS 

WELLINGTON

Paganini Variations (PE012), for Marimba by Gary Wain (1995) 

© Gary Wain 1995 

Published exclusively by Promethean Editions Limited 

First edition © 1999 Promethean Editions Limited (201509) 

Series Editor: Ross Hendy 

Editor: Thomas Liggett 

ISBN: 978-1-877218-12-5 (print) 

ISBN: 978-1-77660-012-0 (ebook) 

ISMN: 979-0-67452-093-5 

Promethean Editions Limited 

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Wellington 

NEW ZEALAND 

http://www.promethean-editions.com 

No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by 

any means without permission in writing from the Publisher. 

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Gary Wain (1958) 

Gary Wain is a composer, conductor and percussionist. He is the Principal Percussionist in 

the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1987. After graduating with 

a Master of Music (Composition) from the University of Auckland in 1982, he spent several 

years continuing his studies in percussion in London and Amsterdam before moving to 

Australia to take up his present post. During this time he has also been active as a recitalist 

and teacher. Since 1988 Wain has taught percussion and composition at the Tasmanian 

Conservatorium of Music. In that same year he founded Drumwheel, Tasmania’s professional 

percussion ensemble. Currently he also conducts the Hobart Chamber Orchestra. 

A large part of Wain’s compositional output has been for, or inclusive of, percussion, and 

includes major works specifically aimed at enriching the percussion repertoire. Whilst 

sometimes technically challenging, his music has invariably proved interesting and 

rewarding to both players and audiences. The textures in Wain’s writing are open and 

clear, the language accessible, with ideas growing and developing in such a way as to lead 

organically to a natural conclusion. 

Paganini Variations (1995) 

Like many composers before him, Wain was inspired by the challenge of writing a work 

based on the famous Caprice in A minor from Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Solo Violin. The work 

consists of the theme followed by nine variations, and the composer has said that he was 

stimulated by the idea of creating a well-shaped and unified whole as opposed to a collection 

of thematically-linked but disparate character pieces. Each variation builds on the one before, 

the work becoming more dramatic and technically demanding as it proceeds, and each is 

intended to explore and extend a specific aspect of two-mallet technique. Paganini Variations 

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has entered the mainstream of performance exam repertoire and regularly appears in the 

recitals of advanced students at music conservatories throughout Australia. 

Paganini Variations received its premiere performance from the composer at St. David’s 

Cathedral, Hobart on May 24 1998. 

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