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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 ...
Palazzo entrance. The palace is one of the richest and most elaborate examples of Milanese rococo. [1] The palazzo is built on three floors, the main door is surmounted by the large irregular balcony on the piano nobile: the windows are surmounted by various types of timpani mixtilinear gables.
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18th Century National Trust: Dedham Lock and Mill: 1820 Currier Museum of Art: Trees on Hampstead Heath: 1821 National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design: A View on the Banks of the River Stour: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston] Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath: 1824–1825 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Hampstead Heath: 18th century National ...
A modern copy of an 18th-century French traverso, by flute-maker Boaz Berney. During the Baroque period, the transverse flute was redesigned. Now often called the traverso (from the Italian), it was made in three or four sections or joints (the head, upper-body, lower-body and foot joint). [6]
The clavichord is an example of a period instrument.. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written.
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.