Vibraphone Sonata (1997)
for solo vibraphone
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Tony Oliver, vibraphone
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Commissioned by Tony Oliver, percussionist with the Cedar Rapids and Quad City Symphonies, the Vibraphone Sonata is a retirement present for Thomas L. Davis, vibraphone virtuoso and professor of percussion at the University of Iowa. Davis is perhaps best-known for his book Recital for Vibraharp, and its instruction to the performer: "the vibrato motor should not be used."