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2. List of compositions by Michael Finnissy - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version ... horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, and ... short pieces for beginners and their ...

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. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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   The means of playing the instrument and skills required to play it, for example the grouping together of mallet percussion instruments, or of hand percussion instruments. This underlies the division of the orchestral percussion section into auxiliary percussion , tuned percussion and timpani , and is the reason percussive keyboard instruments ...

5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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   Instruments can have their tone muted with wood, rubber, metal, or plastic devices (for string instruments, mutes are clipped to the bridge; for brass instruments, mutes are inserted in the bell), or parts of the body (guitar; French Horn), or fabric (clarinet; timpani), among other means. In piano music (notably in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata ...

6. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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   Percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, chimes, etc. Keyboard instruments: celesta, organ, piano; String instruments: harp, violins, violas, cellos, basses, frequently abbreviated to 'str', 'strs' or similar. If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score.

7. Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra - Wikipedia

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   Playing throughout the majority of the movement, the timpani guide the orchestra into a quick descent, and, having quieted the ensemble, provide gentle pulse. Brass play some short chords, and then settle onto a lingering resolution. The movement, approximately six minutes in length, draws to a tranquil close.