Percussion and Selected Recital Pieces

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To identify the typical applications and genre of these instruments over the years, this paper provides a introduction and overview of percussion instruments and a review of selected percussive pieces and their composers. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.

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"The music historians report that the term "percussion instruments" dates back to 1619, when Michael Praetorius wrote of percussa, klopfende Instrument (from the German klopfen, "to beat") as with any struck instrument, including struck chordophones (stringed instruments). The same combination of instruments, including the pre-bow chordophones, comprised the divisio rhythmica in the 7th-century Etymologiae of Isidore, archbishop of Sevilla (Seville) (Bowles, 2003). Percussion instruments include those belonging to either of two groups, idiophones or membranophones. Generally speaking, idiophones are those instruments whose own substance can vibrate to produce sound (as opposed to, for instance, the strings of a guitar or the air column of a flute); examples include bells, clappers, and rattles."

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