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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 ...
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]
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The specific character of a movement is often defined by wind instruments, such as oboe, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore, flauto traverso, recorder, trumpet, horn, trombone, and timpani. For Bach, some instruments carried symbolic meaning such as a trumpet, the royal instrument of the Baroque, for secular and divine majesty: three trumpets for the ...
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
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There have been claims that the instrument was a direct ancestor of the saxophone: supposedly Adolphe Sax, while repairing an ophicleide, put a woodwind mouthpiece on the instrument and liked the sound, allegedly leading Sax to design and create a purpose-built instrument. However, this story is not considered plausible, since the developmental ...