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  2. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    Throughout their education, timpanists are trained as percussionists, and they learn to play all instruments of the percussion family along with timpani. However, when appointed to a principal timpani chair in a professional ensemble, a timpanist is not normally required to play any other instruments.

  3. Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    Timpanists at this time were faced with a problem; using a large, cumbersome set of timpani to play their parts would not be possible due to space restraints. However, a solution was found, and with the help of technological advancements during the 18th century in Europe, devices were developed and added to the drums to change the pitch.

  4. Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    At one point Glass instructs the timpanists to abandon their mallets and play with their bare hands, creating higher pitch. 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.

  5. Percussion section - Wikipedia

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    Despite the name, keyboard percussion instruments do not have keyboards as such. Keyboard instruments such as the celesta and keyboard glockenspiel are not included in the percussion section owing to the very different skills required to play them, but instead are grouped in the keyboard section with instruments that require similar skills.

  6. Saul Goodman (percussionist) - Wikipedia

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    Goodman was a member of the faculties at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal and the Juilliard School of Music where he taught many who went on to become timpanists in symphony orchestras around the world. [1] [2]

  7. Mitchell Peters - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell Thomas Peters (August 17, 1935 – October 28, 2017) was a principal timpanist and percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He composed well-known pieces for the marimba such as "Yellow After the Rain" and "Sea Refractions"; it is said that these works were composed because Peters felt that there was a lack of musically interesting material that would introduce his ...

  8. Jonathan Haas - Wikipedia

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    The Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra was commissioned from Philip Glass for Haas [4] [2] by the American Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, jointly. [5] Haas had first suggested the idea of a timpani concerto to Glass almost a decade ...

  9. Timpani concerto - Wikipedia

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    Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra (2000) [4] Russell Peck. Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra (Harmonic Rhythm) (2000) Russell Peterson. Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra (2002) Michael Daugherty. Raise the Roof (2003) [5] [6] Ney Rosauro. Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra (2003) James Boznos. Concerto for Timpani, Roto-toms ...