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The timpani is considerably older than other melodic percussion instruments, such as the marimba and xylophone. [citation needed] Music historians trace the instrument's history to ancient times when the drums were used in religious ceremonies. During the 13th century, timpani began to be used in pairs and were called Nakers, or Nakirs.
Image from late 18th century, Valencia. Mozart and Haydn wrote many works for the timpani and even started putting it in their symphonies and other orchestral works. Ludwig van Beethoven revolutionized timpani music in the early 19th century. He not only wrote for drums tuned to intervals other than a fourth or fifth, but he gave a prominence ...
18th-century hymns (2 C, 37 P) Pages in category "18th-century songs" ... Pages in category "18th-century songs" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of ...
Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in Avignon – 10 December 1738 in Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country.
Bach's third Orchestral Suite in D major, composed in the first half of the 18th century, has an "Air" as second movement, following its French overture opening movement. . The suite is composed for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings (two violin parts and a viola part), and basso contin
Throughout the 18th century, the composer was normally an employee of an aristocrat, and the chamber music he or she composed was for the pleasure of aristocratic players and listeners. [17] Haydn, for example, was an employee of Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy , a music lover and amateur baryton player, for whom Haydn wrote many of his string trios.
Haas is the soloist on all three pieces on the Sunset Records' CD 18th Century Concertos for Timpani and Orchestra: Symphony for Eight Timpani and Orchestra - Johann Fischer; Partita In C Major - Georg Druschetzky; Concerto For Oboe, Eight Timpani and Orchestra - Georg Druschetzky
Industrial folk music, industrial folk song, industrial work song or working song is a subgenre of folk or traditional music that developed from the 18th century, particularly in Britain and North America, with songs dealing with the lives and experiences of industrial workers.