Percussion instruments and their history / by James Blades, Dame Evelyn Glennie and Neil Percy.

Blades, James, author
Glennie, Evelyn, author
Percy, Neil, author

London : Kahn & Averill, 2021.

529 pages : illustrations and photographs (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Incomplete contents: Foreword to the first edition by Benjamin Britten -- Author's preface -- Foreword to this extended edition by Dame Evelyn Glennie -- Publisher's note -- Origins of percussion -- The drum -- The primitive xylophone -- Percussion instruments of China and the far east -- Japan -- India and Tibet -- Mesopotamia and Egypy -- Greece and Rome -- Arabia and Persia -- Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe -- Nakers and kettledrums -- The classical orchestra -- The Romantic orchestra -- Techniques of contemporary percussion -- Composers' use of modern percussion -- The modern solo percussionist by Dame Evelyn Glennie -- The modern orchestral percussionist by Neil Percy -- Appendices -- Recommended technical and recital literature -- Discography -- Glossary of principal terms -- General index -- Index of names and works.

9780995757431

786.843

English

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