The Cambridge Companion to Percussion

Contents

• Introduction Russell Hartenberger;
• Part I . Orchestral Percussion:
• 1. Timpani traditions and beyond Russell Hartenberger;
• 2. Orchestral percussion in the twenty-first century: concerns and solutions William L. Cahn;
• Part II . The Development of Percussion Instruments:
• 3. Marimba revolution: mallet instruments, repertoire, and technique in the twenty-first century William Moersch;
• 4. Instrumental ingredients Garry Kvistad;
• 5. The percussion industry Rick Mattingly;
• 6. Virtual drumming: a history of electronic percussion Thomas Brett;
• Part III . Percussion in Performance:
• 7. Lost and found: percussion chamber music and the modern age Adam Sliwinski;
• 8. Taking center stage: percussionist as soloist Colin Currie;
• 9. Percussion theater: the drama of performance Aiyun Huang;
• 10. Three convergences: a percussionist learns to conduct Steven Schick;
• Part IV . Composing Music for Percussion Instruments:
• 11. Finding a voice Bob Becker;
• 12. Flexibility as a defining factor Jason Treuting;
• 13. Thoughts on percussion and rhythm Steve Reich;
• Part V . Drum Sets and Drumming:
• 14. In the pocket: how a drum set player grooves Peter Erskine;
• 15. The 'funky drummer' break: ghost notes, timbre, and popular music drumming Steven F. Pond;
• 16. Way beyond wood and skin: drum sets, drumming, and technology Jeff Packman;
• Part VI . World Percussion:
• 17. Speaking of rhythm Russell Hartenberger;
• 18. African influences on Western percussion performance and pedagogy B. Michael Williams;
• 19. The Gamelan Beleganjur as Balinese percussion ensemble Michael B. Bakan;
• Part VII . Percussion and Rhythm:
• 20. Lessons from the laboratory: the musical translation of scientific research on movement Michael Schutz;
• 21. In the beginning was the beat: evolutionary origins of musical rhythm in humans John R. Iversen.