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Percussion: A Starting Guide


Part I: Where to Find Percussion Music in the UNLV Music Library

Solo percussion: Duets with percussion: Miscellaneous combinations (Note: not all works in these areas will include percussion):
See also our list of Percussion Compact Discs in the UNLV Music Library on this site.

Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Percussion (including Timpani)

Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of percussion with other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a keyword search including the term(s) percussion or timpani.

Percussion
Percussion music
Percussion ensembles
Concertos (Percussion)
Percussion with orchestra
Percussion instruments
Percussion instruments--Instruction and study
Percussion instruments--Studies and exercises
Percussion instruments--Methods
Percussion instruments--Orchestra studies
 
Specific Percussion Instruments
Timpani
Timpani music
Marimba
Marimba music
Concertos (Marimba)
Vibraphone
Vibraphone music
Xylophone
Xylophone music
Drum
Drum--Methods
Drum set
 

Part III: Useful Sources

Barnhart, Stephen L. Percussionists : a Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Music Ref. ML399 .B38 2000

Encyclopedia of Percussion. Edited by John Beck. New York: Garland, 1995.
Music Ref. ML102.P4 E5 1995

Holland, James. Practical Percussion: a Guide to the Instruments and Their Sources. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Lied Book Stacks ML1030 .H65 2003

Montagu, Jeremy. Timpani and Percussion. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002.
Lied Book Stacks ML1035 .M66 2002

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online). London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access

Percussion Solo Literature. Thomas Siwe, editor. Champaign, Ill.: Media Press, c1995.
Music Ref. ML128.P23 S63 1995

Percussion Ensemble Literature. Thomas Siwe, editor. Champaign, Ill.: Media Press, c1998.
Music Ref. ML128.P23 S625 1998

Part IV: Periodicals

Percussionist
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P1085

Percussive Notes
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P1087

Percussive Notes Research Edition : Percussionist
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P1085

Rudimental Percussionist
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