Principal Percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony, Chairman of Percussion Studies at the San Francisco Conservatory and faculty member at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, Jack Van Geem has provided a comprehensiveperformance analysis of keyboard percussion parts for the major symphonic repertoire. His easy-to-understand explanations are based on countless performances under many of the world's finest conductors. Includes parts for practiceand performance.
Contents
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Orchestra Bells: Overture To The Magic Flute Program
Richard Strauss: Orchestra Bells: Don Juan
Paul Dukas: Orchestra Bells: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Gustav Mahler: Orchestra Bells: Symphony No.5
Claude Debussy: Orchestra Bells: La Mer
Ottorino Respighi: Orchestra Bells:Pines Of Rome
George Gershwin: Xylophone: Porgy And Bess
Béla Bartók: Xylophone: Music For Strings, Percussion, And Celeste
Dmitri Kabalevesky: Xylophone: Colas Breugnon
Aaron Copland: Xylophone: Appalachian Spring
Zoltan Kodaly: Xylophone: Hary Janos
William Schuman: Xylophone: Symphony No.3
Igor Stravinsky: Xylophone: Firebird Suite
Dimitri Shostakovich: Xylophone: Polka From The Golden Age Ballet