Practical percussion : a guide to the instruments and their sources

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Practical percussion : a guide to the instruments and their sources

James Holland

Scarecrow Press, 2003

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List of works: p. 91-110

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Description

The second half of the 20th century saw vast changes in all aspects of percussion-the instruments themselves, playing techniques, and percussion writing. The influence of popular music, jazz, and film scores, as well as the revolution in travel and communications, has attributed to the growing popularity of the more obscure percussion instruments like the agogo bells or the didgeridoo. Practical Percussion reveals the world of percussion, as it exists today, after composers were influenced by decades of exposure to the musical instruments of other cultures. James Holland assesses these developments, presenting information on writing and publishing music for percussion instruments, percussion education, the Percussive Arts Society, and details on manufactures and suppliers from North and South America, Europe, and Asia, including company history with current address information. He also presents a detailed history of more than 200 percussion instruments. Every work mentioned is listed together with all the percussion requirements including the players and their instruments.

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  • NCID
    BA68470327
  • ISBN
    • 0810843951
  • LCCN
    2002026843
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Lanham, Md.
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 110 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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