Snare Drum Analysis

The main benefit I see with Aural program notes is they “can demonstrate the most compelling aspects of the work” as stated by Feldman and Contzius (p.336)
In the beginning of the piece there is a snare drum introduction. This gives us a since that the work place is very busy. The notes on beats 1 and 4 are the hammers hitting on to the metal. The snare drum helps to add the sense that the workshop is busy because of the fast rhythms you hear underneath the notes on beats 1 and 4.
In measure 7 we no longer hear the snare drum just descending notes starting in the starting in the woodwinds going through all of the other instruments ending on a chord that brings the snare drum back in.
In measure 17 with absence of the snare drum we hear the