Download or read book The Role of Turkish Percussion in the History and Development of the Orchestral Percussion Section written by D. Doran Bugg and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History and Use of Percussion Instruments in Orchestration written by Edgar Brand Gangware and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Materials for Percussion Musical Instruments written by Voichita Bucur and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the properties of materials used for making percussion instruments for classical music played by a symphony orchestra in which the instruments could be played as a soloist instrument or as a group or several groups of instruments, as they are included into a musical work. A chapter is devoted to the bells. The scope of this book is primarily confined to percussion instruments of symphony orchestras taking into account the centuries of musical art and tradition. This book bridges the gap in the technical literature on describing the properties of materials for percussion instruments—timpani, other drums, marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, gong, cymbal, triangle, celesta, castanets.
Download or read book The Singing Turk written by Larry Wolff and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their musical courts and harems. Mozart wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio. Rossini created a series of works, including The Italian Girl in Algiers. And these are only the best known of a vast repertory. This book explores how these representations of the Muslim Ottoman Empire, the great nemesis of Christian Europe, became so popular in the opera house and what they illustrate about European–Ottoman international relations. After Christian armies defeated the Ottomans at Vienna in 1683, the Turks no longer seemed as threatening. Europeans increasingly understood that Turkish issues were also European issues, and the political absolutism of the sultan in Istanbul was relevant for thinking about politics in Europe, from the reign of Louis XIV to the age of Napoleon. While Christian European composers and publics recognized that Muslim Turks were, to some degree, different from themselves, this difference was sometimes seen as a matter of exotic costume and setting. The singing Turks of the stage expressed strong political perspectives and human emotions that European audiences could recognize as their own.
Download or read book The Development of the Percussion Section of the Modern Orchestra written by Glenn Cliffe Bainum and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Timpani and Percussion written by Jeremy Montagu and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of percussion instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Jeremy Montagu, a performer, historian, and curator of musical instruments, discusses common and uncommon percussion instruments from all parts of the world, tracing their development and use through the ages and across cultures.
Download or read book The History and Development of the Percussion Orchestra written by Wesley Brant Parker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lack of scholarly writing on the subject provides an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the development of documentation, which will focus upon the aforementioned literature as well as scholarly articles from music education journals and percussion journals such as Percussive Notes (a magazine begun in 1973 dedicated exclusively to scholarly writings about percussion). In addition to this, most other references to a PO are found within the professional titles of performing ensembles or compositions. An integral part of the research process involved interviews with percussion teachers who have significant experience in the development of the PO. These include Richard Gipson of Texas Christian University (formerly Director of the Oklahoma University Percussion Orchestra), John Parks of Florida State University, Blake Tyson of the University of Central Arkansas, Brian West of Texas Christian University, and James Campbell of the University of Kentucky, all of whom have performed with, administered, and/or directed award-winning Percussion Orchestras. They have thus become resources of valuable information that has gone largely undocumented beyond available audio recordings of their specific performing groups. The interviews shed light on the development of the PO and provide insight not only about the current trends and significant leaders of this genre, but also about the direction that the PO might take in the future. Each interview consisted of a predetermined set of questions that encouraged each respondent to define and elaborate on the concept of the PO. This method facilitated comparisons among responses, while giving freedom for elaboration on issues pertinent to the study. Because each pedagogue's viewpoint is unique, additional responses are also noted within the study.
Download or read book Percussion Instruments and Their History written by James Blades and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theory and Composition of Percussion Music written by Geary Larrick and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larrick shares his knowledge of the theory and composition of percussion music. In the first section, more than a dozen brief entries address such topics as music education's treatment of drummers and the notation of Western music. In the second section, Larrick presents an annotated bibliography of music theory books found in the University Library at the U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The third section contains bibliographical references for a wide range of materials relating to percussion. A life-long performer, Larrick is the author of a number of scholarly books on percussion. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book Drumming in the Pits a Historical Glance at Percussion in Musical Theater written by Nicholas Alan Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Percussion has been a natural extension of storytelling from ancient to modern times. Percussion can create sonic colors that conjure images in one’s mind. It can imitate animals, weather, nature, people, and machines. In the theater pit orchestra, the percussionist is an integral part of the story. Throughout Broadway’s history, the role of the percussionist has been continually developing. As the Broadway musical developed, percussionists were constantly challenged to expand their knowledge with new techniques, genres, and equipment to adapt. Despite the technical skills required and the popularity of the Broadway musical, there is very little instructional material for percussionists to prepare for work in the genre. This study aims to identify how percussion has been used as theatrical accompaniment in the Broadway pit orchestra, to track its historical evolution, and to identify the skills necessary for the contemporary percussionist pursuing theater performance. By examining various historical aspects of theater, percussion instruments, musical works, and performance techniques, a clear path emerges for a percussionist. Modern pit percussionists are expected to be fluent in a continually expanding repertoire, including orchestral, drum set, world, and electronic percussion. While the demands of this type of performance can be heavy, this study examines percussion theater performance through a historical lens by breaking down various musical elements."--
Download or read book Percussion Instruments and Their History written by James Blades and published by Kahn & Averill. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, James Blades's famous book has been referred to as the percussionist's bible. It is established as the definitive reference work on the subject. Last updated by the author in 2005 and now back in print, this extended edition includes two additional chapters. The first covers the rise of the solo percussionist by the world's leading practitioner, Dame Evelyn Glennie who also contributes a new Foreword, while recent developments in orchestral percussion are covered by Neil Percy, Head of Timpani and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music and Principal Percussionist of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Download or read book The Drummer s Bible written by Mick Berry and published by See Sharp Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to include 50 additional grooves, this encyclopedic book and two-CD set contains more than 450 musical examples in standard notation, showing grooves and practical variations. Overviews of the history and development of almost all popular music styles are covered alongside innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, and funk; virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play is in there. This revised second edition also includes an updated bibliography and discography, as well as more historical information about the individual styles.
Download or read book Handbook for the Orchestral Percussion Section written by Henk de Vlieger and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliographic Analysis of Percussion Literature written by Geary Larrick and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, a broad spectrum of publication is studied, from Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, through Rodgers and the Beatles. It contains essays annotating bibliographic entries concerning percussion. Subjects include opera, symphony orchestra, and popular and jazz music.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Percussion written by Russell Hartenberger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timpani traditions and beyond
Download or read book The Timpani written by Edmund Addison Bowles and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a unique iconographical and documentary history of the timpani. Combining a wealth of pictorial material with extensive written sources, it offers a rich and comprehensive survey of the instrument's history from the middle ages to the present. And in so doing it fills a gap of long standing in the published literature of kettledrums by providing for the first time a combination of visual and descriptive evidence. Presented here is a wide-ranging pictorial lode drawn from a variety of sources-for example, astronomical clocks with their instrumental automata; paintings; baroque organ cases topped by angel-musicians;engravings from books describing court festivals; prints and drawings; decorative etched glassware and inlaid tables; wood carvings; and photographs. Written references reflect a wide and fascinating panoply of descriptions concerning the construction, musical contexts and performance techniques of the timpani-for example, eyewitness accounts chronicling the role of instruments at various historical events; archival documents dealing with payments to musicians or the make-up of instrumental ensembles; regulations concerning court musicians; and even patent specifications. In addition, a prefatory chapter presents a detailed, succinct overview of the history, orchestral role and performance practices of the timpani, including numerous illustrative musical examples. A chart depicting representative milestones in the music for kettledrums highlights such works as the first published opera featuring timpani, the first major composition for two pairs of drums, music with unusual tunings, very high or very low notes demanding unusually small or large instruments, unique playing techniques, such as using the fingers, coins, a wire brush, etc., and the key examples of music requiring multiple timpani and two or more players in various configurations. In short, The Timpani: A History in Pictures and Documents is a fascinating and most unusual book of interest not only to performing musicians, teachers and scholars alike, but one which provides the general reader or music-lover with a glimpse into the world of a hitherto neglected musical instrument.
