| Description |
xx, 248 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index. |
| Contents |
Because the world is round -- Loud Americans : American percussion music under construction -- Learning Bone alphabet -- The affliction of memory -- Face the music : a look at percussion playing -- This is not a drum : manipulating the material of percussion music -- Same bed, different dreams : a personal epilogue. |
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Contents of CD: Janissary music. Part 1 / Charles Wuorinen -- The anvil chorus / David Lang -- Ionisation / Edgard Varèse -- XY / Michael Gordon -- Wail : from The mathematics of resonant bodies / John Luther Adams -- Bone alphabet / Brian Ferneyhough -- Rebonds B ; Rebonds A / Iannis Xenakis |
| Subject |
Percussion music -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Percussion music -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Percussion music. |
| Genre/Form |
Percussion music.
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| Subject |
Percussion instruments -- Performance.
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Percussion instruments -- Performance. |
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Percussion instruments. |
| ISBN |
1580462146 alkaline paper |
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9781580462143 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9781580462143 |
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