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Percussion Guide

Created by Marcus Kim, Masters Student in Percussion Performance, Fall 2006

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Call Numbers

Reference Books

Books

Method Books

Solo Repertoire and Concerti

Ensemble Repertiore

Scores

Recordings

Journals

Web Sites

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Subject Headings

Subject headings can be used if you are uncertain of how to begin your search. Useful categories include percussion music, percussion ensembles, and percussion instruments.

Call Numbers

700 General Arts

784 Orchestral Music and Large Ensembles

784-786 Percussion Concerti, Solo and Ensemble Music

785 Chamber Music

786-789 Books on Percussion Instruments and Technique

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Reference Books

Author	Title	Call Number	Location
Carroll, Raynor	Symphonic repertoire guide for timpani and percussion	ML128 .P23 C37 2005	FA-REF-4
Combs, F. Michael	Solo and ensemble literature for percussion	ML128 .P23 C6	FA-REF-4
Holland, James	Practical percussion: a guide to the instruments and their sources	ML1030 .H65 2005	FA-REF-4
Larrick, Geary	An autobiographical bibliography of percussion music	ML419 .L345 A3 2006	FA-REF-4
Larrick, Geary	Bibliographic analysis of percussion literature	ML128 .P23 L363 2003	FA-REF-4
Larrick, Geary	An annotated bibliography of percussion music publications	ML128 .P23 L362 2005	FA-REF-4
Meza, Fernando	Percussion discography : an international compilation of solo and chamber percussion music	ML156 .4.P4 M5 1990	FA-REF-4

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Books

Author	Title	Call Number	Location
Bartlett, Harry R.	Guide to teaching percussion	MT655 .B32	OVRSZQ-4
Beck, John H. (ed.)	Encyclopedia of percussion	ML102 .P4 E5 1995	STACKS-4
Blades, James	Percussion instruments and their history	ML1030 .B6 1992	STACKS-4
Blades, James	Orchestral percussion technique	MT655 .B6	STACKS-4
Blades, James & Jeremy Montagu	Early percussion instruments : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque	ML1030 .B58	STACKS-4
Brindle, Reginald Smith	Contemporary percussion	ML1030 .B75	STACKS-4
Brown, Ed	Band director's percussion repair manual : a text for all levels of percussion education	786.8 B87B	STACKS-4
Collins, Myron D. & John E. Green	Playing and Teaching Percussion Instruments	789.07 C71P	OVRSZQ-4
Combs, F. Michael	Percussion manual / F. Michael Combs	MT655 .C66 1994	OVRSZQ-4
Evanston, Ill. Instrumentalist Co. (pub.)	Percussion anthology : a compendium of percussion articles from the Instrumentalist	786.8 P429A4	OVRSZQ-4
Firth, Vic	Percussion symposium; manual defining and illustrating the complete percussion section	ML1030 .F57	OVRSZQ-4
Galm, John K. (compiled by)	Discography of music for percussion instruments	789.9 G17D	OVRSZQ-4
Galm, John K.	The percussion instrument : some ideas on teaching and performance	789.07 G17P	OVRSZQ-4
Gangware Jr., Edgar Brand	The history and use of percussion instruments in orchestration	789 G19H	STACKS-4
Holland, James	Practical percussion : a guide to the instruments and their sources	ML1030 .H65 2003	OVRSZQ-4
Kotonski, Wlodzimierz	Schlaginstrumente im modernen Orchester	789 K87S	STACKS-4
Lang, Morris & Larry Spivack	Dictionary of percussion terms : as found in the symphonic repertoire	786.8 L27D	OVRSZQ-4
Larrick, Geary	Theory and composition of percussion music	ML1030 .L373 2004	STACKS-4
Leach, Joel	Percussion manual for music educators	789.07 L43P	OFFSITE BY REQUEST
Montagu, Jeremy	Timpani and percussion	ML1035 .M66 2002	STACKS-4
Mowitt, John	Percussion : drumming, beating, striking	ML3850 .M68 2002	STACKS-4
Mueller, Kenneth A.	Teaching total percussion	MT655 .M83	STACKS-4
Payson, Al & Jack McKenzie	Music educators' guide to percussion	789.07 P34M	OFFSITE BY REQUEST
Peinkofer, Karl & Fritz Tannigel	Handbook of percussion instruments	789.01 P37H	OVRSZQ-4
Reed, H. Owen & Joel T. Leach	Scoring for percussion and the instruments of the percussion section	MT70 .R4 1969	STACKS-4
Rossing, Thomas D.	Science of percussion instruments	786.8 R83S	STACKS-4
Rutan, Harold Duane	An annotated bibliography of written material pertinent to the performance of brass and percussion music	016.7857 R97A	due: 1/1/2006
Schick, Steven	The percussionist's art : same bed, different dreams	MT90 .S286 2006	STACKS-4
Solomon, Samuel Z.	How to write for percussion: a comprehensive guide to percussion composition	786.8 S68H	STACKS-4
Spinney, Bradley	Encyclopaedia of percussion instruments and drumming	789 S75E VOL.1-2	STACKS-4
Spohn, Charles L.	The percussion; performance and instructional techniques	MT655 .S66	OVRSZQ-4
Surplus, Robert W.	The beat of the drum : the story of drums and other percussion instruments	ML3930 .A2 S92 V. 2	due: 1/1/2006
Tanner, Peter Hyde	Timpani and percussion writing in the works of Hector Berlioz	789 B51ZT	STACKS-4
Wildman, Louis	Practical understanding of the percussion section	MT655 .W54	STACKS-4

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Scores

Method Books

Author Title Call Number Location

Abel, Alan (comp. & annotated)
20th century orchestra studies for timpani

786.8 A13TA S

OVRSZQ-4

Brown, Thomas & Willard Musser Percussion studies to produce complete
percussion ensembles 786.8193 B88P KE 1 VOL. 1-5 OVRSZQ-4

Carroll, Raynor
Orchestral repertoire for the xylophone

786.843 O64 BAT VOL.1

OVRSZQ-4

Carroll, Raynor Orchestral repertoire for bass drum and cymbals
786.95 O64 BAT

OVRSZQ-4

Carroll, Raynor
Orchestral repertoire for the snare drum

786.94 O64 BAT
OVRSZQ-4

Carroll, Raynor
Orchestral repertoire for tambourine, triangle
and castanets
786.8 O64 BAT
OVRSZQ-4

Harr, Haskell Warren Drum method for orchestra and for band
786.9 H29D MMC OVRSZQ-4

Street, William G. The complete works of William G. Street :
39 studies, solos, and duets for snare drum and timpani by an American master 786.8 S91W CF OVRSZQ-4

Solo Repertoire and Concerti

Author Title Call Number Location

Abe, Keiko Michi : for solo marimba 786.843 A132M MFP OVRSZQ-4

Abe, Keiko The Wave : marimba concertino with percussion ensemble 786.843 A13W XEB OVRSZQ-4

Carter, Elliott Recitative and improvisation, for four kettledrums 786.93 C32R AMP OVRSZQ-4

Daugherty, Michael
UFO : for solo percussion and symphonic band
784.8 D23U PER

OVRSZQ-4

Ferneyhough, Brian
Bone Alphabet : solo percussion

786.8 F36B P

STACKS-4

Foss, Lukas Concerto : for solo percussion and large or small orchestra 784.269 F75C ES STACKS-4

Price, Paul Exhibition snare drum solo : no.1
PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Ramey, Phillip Sonata for three unaccompanied timpani PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Reynolds, Roger
Watershed I/IV: solo percussion/percussion and live electronics

786.8 R46W P

OVRSZQ-4

Saariaho, Kaija Six Japanese gardens : for percussion and electronics (1993/95) 786.8 S11S C FOLIOS-4

Schinstine, William J.
The all state drummer : solo for snare drum PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Schwantner, Joseph
Concerto for percussion and orchestra: 1994
784.269 S39C HMC
(FOLIOS-4)

Stockhausen, Karlheinz Nr. 9 : Zyklus : für einen Schlagzeuger 786.8 S86N UE FOLIOS-4

Tanaka, Toshimitsu Two Movements for Marimba 786.843 T16T ONG

Xenakis, Iannis Rebonds : pour percussion solo
786.8 X5R ES OVRSZQ-4

Xenakis, Iannis
Psappha : pour percussion solo

786.8 X5P ES

FOLIOS-4

Ensemble Repertoire

* denotes pieces by CMU faculty

*Amaya, Efraín
Flashbacks : for percussion and piano 786.8 A48F LA OVRSZQ-4

Bartlett, Harry R. Four holidays : for 3 percussionists 785.68193 B28H MFP OVRSZQ-4

Bartók, Béla
Sonata for two pianos and percussion 785.391929SA BH
OVRSZQ-4

Bartók, Béla Sonata for two pianos and percussion 785.39194B29S BH OVRSZQ-4

Benson, Warren Three pieces for percussion quartet 785.68194 B47P S OVRSZQ-4

Buchtel, Forrest L. Comrades : (march) PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Cage, John Quartet for twelve tom-toms : 1943 785.68194 C13S HPR OVRSZQ-4

Cage, John Imaginary landscape no. 2 : or March no. 1 :
for percussion quintet 785.68195 C13I P OVRSZQ-4

Cage, John First construction (in metal): percussion sextet with assistant
785.68196 C13C HPR

OVRSZQ-4

Chávez, Carlos
Toccata : for percussion instruments
PERCUSSION

MUS-FILE-4

Cohn, Arthur
Quotations in percussion : for six or more performers 785.68196 C67Q M VOL. 1-2 OFFSITE BY REQUEST

Colgrass, Michael Déjà vu : for percussion quartet and orchestra 784.242869 C69D CF OVRSZQ-4

Colgrass, Michael Variations for four drums & viola 785.58192 C69V MFP OVRSZQ-4

Crumb, George
An idyll for the misbegotten : amplified flute and drums, 3 players
785.56193 C95 P

OVRSZQ-4

Davis, Thomas L. Fancy that! PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Dun, Tan
Elegy: Snow in June: concerto for violoncello and four percussion
785.58195 T16E S

OVRSZQ-4

El Dabh, Halim Juxtaposition, no. 1; 2 timpani, xylophone and marimba 785.68194 E37J CF OVRSZQ-4

Farberman, Harold Progressions : for flute and percussion 785.56193 F21P BRO OVRSZQ-4

*Galbraith, Nancy
Island Echoes: trio for percussion
785.68193 G14I SMU

OVRSZQ-4

Harrison, Lou
Canticle no. 3 785.68197 H31C MFP OVRSZQ-4

Hovhaness, Alan
October Mountain , for percussion sextet (Op. 135)
785.68196 H84O P

OVRSZQ-4

Hovhaness, Alan The burning house : overture for flute and percussion
(4 players) op. 185a 785.56195 H84B P OFFSITE BY REQUEST

Lambro, Phillip Dance barbaro, for percussion 785.68198 L22D MFP OVRSZQ-4

Miller, Malloy Prelude for percussion 785.68196 M64P MFP OVRSZQ-4

Parchman, Gen Symphony for percussion 785.68197 P22S EV OVRSZQ-4

Payson, Albert
Quartet PERCUSSION MUS-FILE-4

Reich, Steve Piano phase : [for two pianos or two marimbas] M214 .R336 P5 OVRSZQ-4

Reich, Steve
Music for pieces of wood 785.68195 R34M UE OVRSZQ-4

Reich, Steve
Clapping music 785.68192 R34C UE OVRSZQ-4

Rouse, Christopher
Ku-Ka-Ilimoku : for percussion ensemble 785.68194 R86K HMC
OVRSZQ-4

Rouse, Christopher
Ogoun Badagris : for percussion ensemble
785.68195 R86O HMC

OVRSZQ-4

Russell, Armand
Sonata for percussion and piano 785.39 R92S MFP OVRSZQ-4

Russell, Armand Percussion suite 785.68193 R92P MFP OVRSZQ-4

Schiffman, Harold Musica battuta : for percussion ensemble 785.68197 S33M AMP OVRSZQ-4

Shapiro, Don For string and drum (1955) CHAMBER VAR. COMB. 2 MUS-FILE-4

Starer, Robert Night music : for percussion 785.68196 S79N BEL OVRSZQ-4

Surinach, Carlos Ritmo jondo : (flamenco) for clarinet, trumpet, tamburo,
xylophone, timpani, hand clappers 785.57196 S96R AMP OVRSZQ-4

Tower, Joan
Black Topaz : for piano and six instruments
785.53197 T73B AMP

OVRSZQ-4

Varese, Edgard Ionisation, for 13 percussionists 785.681913 V29I COF STACKS-4

Volz, Edward W.
Prelude and allegro for percussion ensemble 785.68195 V94P BOU OFFSITE BY REQUEST

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Recordings

Artist	Title	Call Number	Location
# denotes LP recordings. Students can request CD copy to be made or purchased.
Adams,Daniel	Shadow on mist	CD 4810	MUS-OFC-4
Addy, Mustapha Tettey	Master Drummer from Ghana	#9209	MUS-OFC-4
Amadinda Percussion Group	Amadinda Percussion Group	CD 365	MUS-OFC-4
American Percussion Society	Ionisation / Edgar Varèse ; Canticle no. 3 / Lou Harrison...	#15243	MUS-OFC-4
Bartók, Bela	Sonata for two pianos and percussion	CD 1213	MUS-OFC-4
Breuer, Harry	Mallet magic sound recording / Harry Breuer & his quintet	#2433	MUS-OFC-4
Brindle, R. Smith	Contemporary Percussion	#2195	MUS-OFC-4
Carroll, Jimmy	Speed the parting guest sound recording : (Hi fi bull in a chime shop)	#5034	MUS-OFC-4
Cage, John	The piano works 4	CD 4714	MUS-OFC-4
Cage, John	Credo in us: more works for percussion	CD 4437	MUS-OFC-4
Chernoff, John Miller	Master drummers of Dagbon, vol. 2 sound recording : Drumming from northern Ghana	CD 827	MUS-OFC-4
Colgrass, Michael	Déjà vu : for percussion quartet and orchestra / Michael Colgrass. Aureole / Jacob Druckman. Light spirit	CD 226	MUS-OFC-4
Crumb, George	Ancient voices of children ; Music for a summer evening : (Makrokosmos III) : for two amplified pianos & percussion	CD 223	MUS-OFC-4
Crumb, George	Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III)	#3168	MUS-OFC-4
Danielpour, Richard	Elegies; Sonnets to Orpheus	CD 4654	MUS-OFC-4
Daugherty, Michael	Music of Michael Daugherty	CD 5306	MUS-OFC-4
Harrison, Lou	The perilous chapel	CD 3248	MUS-OFC-4
Harrison, Lou	Serenado	CD 5008	MUS-OFC-4
Harrison, Lou	Drums along the Pacific	CD 5006	MUS-OFC-4
Kotche, Glenn	Introducing	CD 5207	MUS-OFC-4
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble	The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble	CD 184	MUS-OFC-4
Krupa, Gene	Classics in percussion	#1013	MUS-OFC-4
Ligeti, György	The Ligeti project III	XX(997003.1)	MUS-OFC-4
Milhaud, Darius	Viola works	CD 4689	MUS-OFC-4
Percussion Around the World International All Stars	Percussion Around the World International All Stars	#7855	MUS-OFC-4
Reich, Steve	Drumming	CD 1611	MUS-OFC-4
Reich, Steve	Proverb ; Nagoya marimbas ; City life	CD 3027	MUS-OFC-4
Reich, Steve	City Life; Sextet; Vermont Counterpoint; Clapping music	CD 5417	MUS-OFC-4
Reich, Steve	Variations	XX(1004175.1)	MUS-OFC-4
Reich, Steve	Sextet ; Six marimbas	CD 62	MUS-OFC-4
Riley, Gyan	Food for the bearded	CD 5013	MUS-OFC-4
Sadlo, Peter	Percussion in concert	CD 3488	MUS-OFC-4
Safri Duo	Bach to the future	CD 5380	MUS-OFC-4
Schick, Steven	The percussionist's art : same bed, different dreams	CD 5594	MUS-OFC-4
Schick, Steven	Drumming in the Dark	CD 5562	MUS-OFC-4
Schwantner, Joseph	Chamber Music	CD 5087	MUS-OFC-4
S¯o Percussion	S¯o Percussion	CD 5303	MUS-OFC-4
Varèse, Edgard	The complete works	CD 3941	MUS-OFC-4
Varèse, Edgard	Music of Edgar Varese	#7818	MUS-OFC-4
Wuorinen, Charles	Percussion Duo	#5995	MUS-OFC-4
Wuorinen, Charles	Janissary Music	#7887	MUS-OFC-4

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Journals

Percussion News 2003-Present
http://www.pas.org/Publications/News.cfm

Percussive Notes 1998-Present

Call Number Location

Shelved by Title BND-JOUR-3

Shelved by Title UNBDJOUR-3

Shelved by Title FA-JOUR-4

Web Sites

Percussive Arts Society http://www.pas.org

Vic Firth Website http://www.vicfirth.com

Percussion Source Online Catalog http://www.percussionsource.com

Marimba Music Community http://www.marimba.org

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  July 3, 2008 -- http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Arts/Music/musipercussion.html
  Kristin Heath, Music & Catalog Librarian, kheath@andrew.cmu.edu
  © 2008 Carnegie Mellon Libraries

700	General Arts
784	Orchestral Music and Large Ensembles
784-786	Percussion Concerti, Solo and Ensemble Music
785	Chamber Music
786-789	Books on Percussion Instruments and Technique

* denotes pieces by CMU faculty
*Amaya, Efraín	Flashbacks : for percussion and piano	786.8 A48F LA	OVRSZQ-4
Bartlett, Harry R.	Four holidays : for 3 percussionists	785.68193 B28H MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Bartók, Béla	Sonata for two pianos and percussion	785.391929SA BH	OVRSZQ-4
Bartók, Béla	Sonata for two pianos and percussion	785.39194B29S BH	OVRSZQ-4
Benson, Warren	Three pieces for percussion quartet	785.68194 B47P S	OVRSZQ-4
Buchtel, Forrest L.	Comrades : (march)	PERCUSSION	MUS-FILE-4
Cage, John	Quartet for twelve tom-toms : 1943	785.68194 C13S HPR	OVRSZQ-4
Cage, John	Imaginary landscape no. 2 : or March no. 1 : for percussion quintet	785.68195 C13I P	OVRSZQ-4
Cage, John	First construction (in metal): percussion sextet with assistant	785.68196 C13C HPR	OVRSZQ-4
Chávez, Carlos	Toccata : for percussion instruments	PERCUSSION	MUS-FILE-4
Cohn, Arthur	Quotations in percussion : for six or more performers	785.68196 C67Q M VOL. 1-2	OFFSITE BY REQUEST
Colgrass, Michael	Déjà vu : for percussion quartet and orchestra	784.242869 C69D CF	OVRSZQ-4
Colgrass, Michael	Variations for four drums & viola	785.58192 C69V MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Crumb, George	An idyll for the misbegotten : amplified flute and drums, 3 players	785.56193 C95 P	OVRSZQ-4
Davis, Thomas L.	Fancy that!	PERCUSSION	MUS-FILE-4
Dun, Tan	Elegy: Snow in June: concerto for violoncello and four percussion	785.58195 T16E S	OVRSZQ-4
El Dabh, Halim	Juxtaposition, no. 1; 2 timpani, xylophone and marimba	785.68194 E37J CF	OVRSZQ-4
Farberman, Harold	Progressions : for flute and percussion	785.56193 F21P BRO	OVRSZQ-4
*Galbraith, Nancy	Island Echoes: trio for percussion	785.68193 G14I SMU	OVRSZQ-4
Harrison, Lou	Canticle no. 3	785.68197 H31C MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Hovhaness, Alan	October Mountain , for percussion sextet (Op. 135)	785.68196 H84O P	OVRSZQ-4
Hovhaness, Alan	The burning house : overture for flute and percussion (4 players) op. 185a	785.56195 H84B P	OFFSITE BY REQUEST
Lambro, Phillip	Dance barbaro, for percussion	785.68198 L22D MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Miller, Malloy	Prelude for percussion	785.68196 M64P MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Parchman, Gen	Symphony for percussion	785.68197 P22S EV	OVRSZQ-4
Payson, Albert	Quartet	PERCUSSION	MUS-FILE-4
Reich, Steve	Piano phase : [for two pianos or two marimbas]	M214 .R336 P5	OVRSZQ-4
Reich, Steve	Music for pieces of wood	785.68195 R34M UE	OVRSZQ-4
Reich, Steve	Clapping music	785.68192 R34C UE	OVRSZQ-4
Rouse, Christopher	Ku-Ka-Ilimoku : for percussion ensemble	785.68194 R86K HMC	OVRSZQ-4
Rouse, Christopher	Ogoun Badagris : for percussion ensemble	785.68195 R86O HMC	OVRSZQ-4
Russell, Armand	Sonata for percussion and piano	785.39 R92S MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Russell, Armand	Percussion suite	785.68193 R92P MFP	OVRSZQ-4
Schiffman, Harold	Musica battuta : for percussion ensemble	785.68197 S33M AMP	OVRSZQ-4
Shapiro, Don	For string and drum (1955)	CHAMBER VAR. COMB. 2	MUS-FILE-4
Starer, Robert	Night music : for percussion	785.68196 S79N BEL	OVRSZQ-4
Surinach, Carlos	Ritmo jondo : (flamenco) for clarinet, trumpet, tamburo, xylophone, timpani, hand clappers	785.57196 S96R AMP	OVRSZQ-4
Tower, Joan	Black Topaz : for piano and six instruments	785.53197 T73B AMP	OVRSZQ-4
Varese, Edgard	Ionisation, for 13 percussionists	785.681913 V29I COF	STACKS-4
Volz, Edward W.	Prelude and allegro for percussion ensemble	785.68195 V94P BOU	OFFSITE BY REQUEST

Call Number	Location
Shelved by Title	BND-JOUR-3
Shelved by Title	UNBDJOUR-3
Shelved by Title	FA-JOUR-4