Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Percussion
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Percussion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part One Orchestral percussion
- 1 Timpani traditions and beyond
- 2 Orchestral percussion in the twenty-first century
- Part Two The development of percussion instruments
- Part Three Percussion in performance
- Part Four Composing music for percussion instruments
- Part Five Drum sets and drumming
- Part Six World percussion
- Part Seven Percussion and rhythm
- Select bibliography
- Index
1 - Timpani traditions and beyond
from Part One - Orchestral percussion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
- The Cambridge Companion to Percussion
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Percussion
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part One Orchestral percussion
- 1 Timpani traditions and beyond
- 2 Orchestral percussion in the twenty-first century
- Part Two The development of percussion instruments
- Part Three Percussion in performance
- Part Four Composing music for percussion instruments
- Part Five Drum sets and drumming
- Part Six World percussion
- Part Seven Percussion and rhythm
- Select bibliography
- Index
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