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  2. Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani

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    Bohuslav Martinů's Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani (H. 271) was written in Switzerland in 1938 during deteriorating diplomatic relationships throughout Europe. Commissioned by Paul Sacher for the Basel Chamber Orchestra, it reflects intense impressions, from both the composer's personal life and the political ...

  3. Timpani concerto - Wikipedia

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    A timpani concerto is piece of music written for timpani with orchestral or band accompaniment. It is usually in three parts or movements . The first timpani concertos were written in the Baroque and Classical periods of music.

  4. Percussion section - Wikipedia

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    A percussion section with pitched percussion (tubular bells, background), auxiliary percussion (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, snare drum and bass drum) and timpani (foreground) in use. The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments.

  5. Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The orchestra reenters with a sudden burst of cymbals, after which the cadenza segues directly into the third movement proper, with a rapid rhythm set by wood block and other auxiliary percussion. The orchestra gradually builds up intensity; the movement grows into a passionate, major-key high-point consisting of quick triplets from a number of ...

  6. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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    The glockenspiel has become a staple of the orchestra as well, and, as such, has had many important and difficult parts written for it. Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice as well as Respighi's Pini di Roma are both extremely common excerpts on audition lists. Another keyboard instrument used in the orchestra, as well as jazz, is the vibraphone ...

  7. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    First attested in English in the late 19th century, the Italian word timpani derives from the Latin tympanum (pl. tympana), which is the latinisation of the Greek word τύμπανον (tumpanon, pl. tumpana), 'a hand drum', [3] which in turn derives from the verb τύπτω (tuptō), meaning 'to strike, to hit'. [4]

  8. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  9. Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra is a timpani concerto by Marcus Paus, written for the 250th anniversary of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton on 19 February 2015 with Håkon Kartveit (principal timpanist of Bergen Philharmonic) as Soloist.