| 作曲者 | Alvin Singleton (b. 1940) |
| タイトル | Extension of a Dream |
| サブタイトル | for two percussionists |
| 出版社 | Schott（ショット） |
| 楽器編成 | 2 percussion |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | 2perc(I: s.d,2tom-t,2cong,2sus cym,tri,tamb,2wdbl,police whistle,II: 2bong,tom-t,b.d,h.h,tri,2cow bell,marac,clav,car horn,tamb) |
| 品番 | 9790600024377 |
| 演奏時間 | 20分 |
| 作曲年 | 1977年・1987年 |
| 出版番号 | EA 38 |
| ISMN | 9790600024377 |
Extension of a Dream is a memorial to the South African freedom fighter Steve Biko who met an untimely, brutal death at the hands of South African police. Originally composed in 1977, the work was premiered at the 1978 Styrian Autumn Festival in Austria and in 1987 Alvin Singleton expanded it with a commission from the Bremer Tanztheater. Whereas it might well have featured endless thunder in less expressive hands, Extension of a Dream is made up of endless contrasts from featherlike touches in the suspenseful opening to the single and embellished sledge hammer death blows leading to the closing section.