Two Toccatas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harald Mommsen
                   (Published by HoneyRock) ~ Recorded in recital at Wheaton College, Illinois
Both Chenoweth and Mommsen were students in the Chicago Loop when his teacher Alexander Tcherepnin introduced them and suggested 'Hal' compose something for marimba. It was Tcherepnin¹s 'interpoint' theory which inspired Toccata #1. Interpoint combines melodic lines in such a way as to avoid coincidental attacks. The rhythmic grouping of 3 in one hand is interlaced with groupings of 4 or 5 in the other hand. Toccata #2 is for four mallets. This work was inspired by Bulgarian rhythms employed by Bartók.

Etude, op. 6 no. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clair O. Musser
                    (Published by Studio 4 Music) ~ Recorded in practice session
This short etude was scribbled on a single sheet of manuscript paper while Musser was on a plane which was flying over the girls' school the Chenoweth twins, Vida and Vera, were attending. He mailed it to Vida who first performed it at William Woods College.

Concerto for Marimba, 3 movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Creston
                    (Published by G. Schirmer) ~ Recorded in practice session
For all the years that Vida Chenoweth and Dean Sanders performed together, it is astonishing that no recordings were made. They practiced for the concert at hand and were unconcerned with posterity. This one-of-a-kind example was recently discovered on vinyl disc made from a taped practice session at The Three Arts Club, Vida¹s residence on Chicago¹s near north side in the early 1950s. Their taping was made possible by having borrowed a 60 lb. Webcor reel-to-reel recorder, so heavy that the two carried it through the streets of Chicago by suspending it on a broom handle.
This rehearsal of Paul Creston¹s Concertino for Marimba, never intended for public use, is included here for student interest and for auld lange syne. To Vida and Dean, a tape recorder was just a tool for self improvement.

Country Dances : A Trip to Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eloise Matthies
                                   Battersea Park
                                        Castlewood

Miniatures for Marimba: Prelude, Sarabande, Scherzo- Eloise Matthies
                 Recorded in recital at Wheaton College, Illinois; Kenneth Mays, accompanist
Eloise Matthies, a noted Chicago pianist, composed her first works for
marimba while a student of Leo Sowerby at the American Conservatory of
Music in Chicago.

Praeludium in E Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach
                 Recorded in recital at Wheaton College, Illinois
Bach made various instrumental settings of the prelude. This one is reassigned to the marimba directly from his version for solo violin, unedited.