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Required and Recommended Literature for Applied Percussion Study

Bachelor of Arts and Music Minor

Rationale:

This is not an all-inclusive list, but rather a suggestive sampling of material, which may be studied in the percussion studio. Entering first year undergraduate students must purchase and bring the books in "bold" to campus. Do not wait until you come to school to purchase these items. They are not available from the university bookstore. Most of these may be purchased from the following sources:

Steve Weiss Music
2324 Wyandotte Rd.
Willow Grove, PA 19090
(215)659-0100
(215)659-1170 FAX
www.steveweissmusic.com
The Percussion Specialist
41 E 400 N. #153
Logan, UT 84321
800-341-7004
208-852-2652 FAX
www.percussionspecialist.com
 
Capitol Music
718 Virginia St.
Seattle, WA
206-622-0171
206-622-6983
www.capitolmusiccenter.com
Snare Drum Methods and Literature
Stick Control - George L. Stone
Modern School for Snare Drum - Morris Goldenberg
All American Drummer - Charley Wilcoxon
Developing Dexterity for Snare Drum – Mitchell Peters
Contemporary Snare Drum Studies – Albright
Portraits in Rhythm - Cirone
Syncopation for the Modern Drummer – Reed

Snare Drum Solos

The Downfall of Paris – Traditional
The Connecticut Halftime – Traditional
Chop Buster – Wannamaker
Primo – Art Cappio
Six Unaccompanied Solos for Snare Drum – Colgrass
Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum – Benson
Solo Suite for Snare Drum – Michael LaRosa
Second Suite for Snare Drum – Michael LaRosa
NYSD: Orchestral Suite for Solo Snare Drum – Anthony Cirone
Sonata for Snare Drum – Siegfried Fink
Prime – Askell Masson
Kim – Askell Masson
Advanced Solos For Snare Drum – by John Beck
Two Episodes for Solo Snare Drum – Anthony Miranda

Keyboard Methods and Literature

The material to be selected in this area will be determined by the student’s previous experience and current performance level. There are certain methods that should be in everyone’s library.

Modern School for Marimba, Xylophone & Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg
Instruction Course for Xylophone – George Hamilton Green
Method of Movement for Marimba – Leigh Howard Stevens
371 Bach Chorales
Odd Meter Etudes – Everett Gates
Vibe Pedaling and Dampening Techniques – Freidman
Percussion Keyboard Technique – MacMillian

Two Mallet Solos

Sonata-Allegro – Mitchell Peters
Five New Rags – Harry Brewer
Etude 1955 – Earl Hatch
Furioso and Valse – Earl Hatch
Tamborin Chinoise – Kriesler – arr. by George Hamilton Green
Eight Xylophone Rags – George Hamilton Green
Etude, Ab major Op. 6 #2 – Musser
Prelude Op. 11 #3 – Musser
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints – Hovhaness
Prism – Abe

Four Mallet Solos

Rain Dance – Alice Gomez
Yellow After The Rain – Mitchell Peters
Sea Refractions – Mitchell Peters
Etudes 1-3 – Smadbeck
Virginia Tate – Smadbeck
Rhythm Song – Smadbeck
Etude for a Quiet Hall – Deane
Three Preludes – Rosauro
Works for Marimba – Keiko Abe
Modern Japanese Marimba Works Vol. 1 - Abe
Modern Japanese Marimba Works Vol. 2 – Abe
Michi for Marimba – Abe
Dream of the Cherry Blossoms – Abe
Frogs – Abe
Etudes and Preludes – Musser
Album for the Young – Tchaikowsky/Stevens
Children’s Corner – Debussy/Stevens
Two Mexican Dances – Stout
October Night – Burritt
Marimba Dances – Edwards
Polaris – Ford
Variations on a Lost Love – Maslanka
My Lady White – Maslanka
Marimba Spiritual –Miki
Time for Marimba – Miki
Concerto for Marimba – Creston
Concerto for Marimba – Basta
Concerto for Marimba – Kurka
Concerto for Marimba - Mihaud

Timpani Methods and Materials

Modern Timpani Method – Saul Goodman
Timpani Method – Friese-Lepak

Timpani Solos

Modulations – John Beck
Sonata for Timpani – John Beck
Three Episodes for Timpani – John Beck
Four Pieces for Timpani – John Bergamo
Images – William Kraft
Variations for King George – William Kraft
Ballad for the Dance – Saul Goodman
Introduction and Allegro – Saul Goodman
Suite for Solo Timpanist – Scott Huston
Rhythm Gradation – Toshi Ichiyanagi
Three Designs for Three Timpani – Robert Muczynski
The Solo Timpanist – Vic Firth
Variations for Solo Kettle drums – Jan Williams
Eight Pieces for Timpani – Elliot Carter
Hinger Editions for Symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Sebelius, Strauss, etc
Drum Set
Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer – Jim Chapin
Chart Reading Workbook for Drummers – Gabriele
The Art of Bop Drumming – John Riley
The Funky Beat – Garabaldi
The New Breed – Gary Chester
Afro-Caribbean & Brazilian Rhythms for the Drumset – Drummers Collective
Multiple Percussion
The Contemporary Percussionist – Michael Udow
Portraits in Multiple Percussion – Anthony Cirone
Techniques of Playing Bass Drum, Cymbals, and Accessories – Payson

Multiple Percussion Solos

Morris Dance – Kraft
English Suite – Kraft
French Suite – Kraft
Images - Kraft
Inspirations Diabolique – Tagawa
Motion – Lynn Glassock
Different Voices – Lynn Glassock
Ground – Norio Fukushi
Multiple Episode #3 Mario Gaetano
Thirteen Drums –Make Ishii
Waves – Per Norgard
Cenas Amerindias – Ney Rosauro
Perpetual Motion – Mitchell Peters
Cold Pressed – Dave Hollinden
Dusting the Connecting Link – Dave Hollinden
Slender Beams of Solid Rhythm – Dave Hollinden
King of Denmark – Morton Feldman
Zyklus #9 - Karlheinz Stockhousen
Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra – Darius Milhaud