Non-pitched Percussion
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Repertoire examples for Non-pitched Percussion, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
Drum Kit Repertoire
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 272), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Non-pitched Percussion (Including Instruments of Definite Pitch). Playlist available here on Spotify.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol; Scheherazade.
Debussy, Iberia.
Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2; La Valse; Rapsodie Espagnole.
Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite.
Respighi, Pines ofRome; Fountains ofRome; Roman Festivals.
Stravinsky, Les Noces; L’Histoire du Soldat; The Rite ofSpring.
Bartok, Music for String Instruments, Percussion, and Celesta', Concerto for Orchestra,’ The Miraculous Mandarin.
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by C. M. von Weber.
Chavez, Sinfonia India.
Copland, El Salon Mexico; Appalachian Spring, Third Symphony (especially 2nd and 4th movts.).
Shostakovich, Fifth Symphony.
Piston, Suite from the ballet, The Incredible Flutist.
Varese, Ionisation for eleven percussion instruments; Arcana; Amériques. Tippett, Third Symphony, Fourth Symphony.
Carter, A Symphony of Three Orchestras.
Brant, Antiphony One.
Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphonie; Chronochromie.
Gerhard, Second Symphony (Metamorphoses), Third Symphony (Collages). Schuller, Seven Studies on Themes ofPaul Klee.
Rorem, Air Music.
Stockhausen, Trans.
Lutoslawski, Mi-parti.
Haubenstock-Ramati, Tableau II; Tableau III.
Boulez, Pli Selon Pli (I. don).
Hoddinott, Fifth Symphony.
Berio, Sinfonia.
Henze, Sixth Symphony; Heliogabalus Imperator.
Argento, A Ring of Time.
Davies, Symphony; St. Thomas Wake.
Penderecki, Fluorescences.
Messiaen, Colors of the Celestial City.
Adams, Harmonium; The Chairman Dances.
