For 3 snare drums, double bass, and piano; the performers also speak. "Frame pieces was conceived as the framework for a programme: at the beginning, before the interval, after the interval, and at the end of the concert"--Performance instructions. Separate part included for piano. Score: Includes performance instructions in German and English on 2nd and 3rd unnumbered preliminary pages, and biography of the composer in English on unnumbered 4th page of cover.
