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== Construction ==
 
== Construction ==
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
Multiple percussion is a relatively new field of percussion literature. The first major work for multiple percussion solo dates back only a little over 50 years to 1956 ([[John Cage]]'' [[27'10.554]]'')<ref>”Steven Schick, The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams (Rochester, NY.: University of Rochester Press, 2006), page nr. 4”</ref>.
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Multiple percussion is a relatively new field of percussion literature. The first major work for multiple percussion solo dates back only a little over 50 years to 1956 ([[John Cage]]'' [[27'10.554]]'')<ref>”Steven Schick, The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams (Rochester, NY.: University of Rochester Press, 2006), page nr. 4”</ref>. <br/>
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Throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries percussion instruments were used to give dramatic and coloristic emphasis to the orchestra. As tonal harmony began to dissolve with twentieth century composers, the percussion was able to begin to be freed from the confines of a supportive role.
  
 
== Sticks, Mallets, Beaters ==
 
== Sticks, Mallets, Beaters ==

Revision as of 18:08, 6 December 2011

Etymology and Alternative Spellings

Construction

History

Multiple percussion is a relatively new field of percussion literature. The first major work for multiple percussion solo dates back only a little over 50 years to 1956 (John Cage 27'10.554)[1].

Throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries percussion instruments were used to give dramatic and coloristic emphasis to the orchestra. As tonal harmony began to dissolve with twentieth century composers, the percussion was able to begin to be freed from the confines of a supportive role.

Sticks, Mallets, Beaters

Technique

Grips

Stroke Style/Type

Major Works

John Cage 27'10.554 (1956)
Karlheinz Stockhausen Zyklus (1959)
Morton Feldman The King of Denmark (1964)
Helmut Lachenmann Interieur I (1965)
Charles Wuorinen Janissary Music (1966)

Manufacturers

Retailers

See Also

References

  1. ”Steven Schick, The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams (Rochester, NY.: University of Rochester Press, 2006), page nr. 4”