Composer

Compositions

Leonhard Waltersdorfer began composing percussion music, primarily for vibraphone, at an early age. While his focus is on solo works that encourage improvisation, he regularly composes for larger ensembles as well.

3 Pieces on 2 Instruments for 1 Player
Vibraphone & Marimba for 1 Player
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Dinner for Two
Vibraphone for 1 player
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Sticking Together
Vibraphone for 1 player
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Waltz for Debby
Vibraphone for 1 Player
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Valse "L'adieu"
Marimba for 1 player
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Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Mallet quartet
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Arrangements

Waltersdorfer arranges music for a variety of instrumentations ranging from solo pieces for percussion to chamber music in open ensembles to orchestral works.

He frequently contributes to the arrangement of projects in which he is a percussionist.

Transcriptions

Another important element of Waltersdorfer’s work is the transcription of improvisations, mainly those of musicians Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone. He focuses on writing down the improvised music as accurately as possible. These transcriptions can be added to a performance repertoire as well as studied in order to deeply explore the performing musician’s style.

Afro Blue
Vibraphone & Piano
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O Grande Amor
Vibraphone for 1 player
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Times Like These
Vibraphone & Piano
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List of works

written by:
Johann Strauss II
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Traditional
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written by:
Giuseppe Verdi
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Traditional
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Traditional
written by:
Traditional
written by:
Pietro Mascagni
written by:
Traditional
written by:
Franz Lehár
written by:
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
written by:
Milt Jackson
as played by:
Gary Burton, Makoto Ozone
written by:
Antonio Carlos Jobim
as played by:
Gary Burton
written by:
Thelonious Monk
as played by:
Gary Burton, Makoto Ozone
written by:
Mongo Santamaria
as played by:
Gary Burton, Makoto Ozone
written by:
Makoto Ozone
as played by:
Gary Burton, Makoto Ozone

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