Percussion
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Bibliographic Information
Percussion
(Yehudi Menuhin music guides)
Kahn & Averill, 1992
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  Kyoto
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  Wakayama
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  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
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  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
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  Miyazaki
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Note
Originally published: London : Macdonald and Jane's, 1978
Bibliography: p269-270. List of sound discs: p271-277. Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This lively and highly informative contribution to the Menuhin Music Guides covers all aspects of percussion - the instruments, the percussion section within the orchestra and the use of percussion in chamber music and as a solo instrument. James Holland is not afraid to attack composers, conductors and music publishers as he puts the percussionist's point of view. Among his comments on how to interpret a percussion score and lay out and play a vast array of complex instruments are detailed analyses of Walton's 'Facade' and works by Gerhard and Stockhausen.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Pierre Boulez,
Preface by Yehudi Menuhin,
Author's Introduction,
Part One - The Timpani or Kettledrums,
1. A Little History,
2. Timpani Construction,
3. The Student Timpanist,
Part Two - The Percussion Instruments,
4. General Percussion Instruments,
5. Keyboard Percussion,
6. Stands and Accessories,
Part Three - In Performance,
7. The Percussion Section,
8. The use of Percussionin Chamber Music and as a Solo Instrument,
Appendices:
Percussion Pleas,
Percussion Addresses,
Acknowledgements,
Book List,
Discography,
Index
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