Percussion
Orchestral and Band Percussion
Percussion article in Grove Music Online (Log in required from off campus)
Timpani article in Grove Music Online
Marimba article in Grove Music Online
Reference Books in the Music Collection:
Percussion Discography: An Internaional Compilation fo Solo and
Chamber Percussion Music, by Fernando A. Meza
Encyclopedia of Percussion, by John Beck, 2nd ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
- ML102 .I5 N48 1984 (3 vols.)
Online via Oxford Music Online (Log-in required from off-campus)
Instrument & Performance History
Timpani and Percussion, by Jeremy Montagu
The Timpani: A History in Pictures and Documents, by Edmund A. Bowles
The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams, by Steven Schick
Technique and Teaching
Subject Search: Percussion Instruments--Instruction and Study
Subject Search: Percussion Instruments--Studies and Exercises
Teaching Percussion, 2nd ed., by Gary Cook
Teaching Wind & Percussion Instruments: A Course of Study,
by the MENC Task Force on Band Course of Study
The Art of Tympanist and Drummer, 2nd ed, by Andrew A. Shivas
Marching Bands and Drumlines: Secrets of Success from the Best of
the Best, by Paul Buyer
Symphonic Repertoire for Keyboard Percussion, Jack Van Geem
Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments, edited by Rick Mattingly
The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, by Mick Berry
Jazz, Rock, and Popular Percussion
Jazz Drumming
The Evolution of Jazz Drumming: A Workbook for Applied
Drumset Students, by Danny Gottlieb
Buddy Rich's Rudiments Around the Kit, by Ted MacKenzie
From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz, by Raul A. Fernandez
World Jazz Drumming, by Mark Walker
Progressive Independence, Jazz: A Comprehensive Guide to
Basic Jazz Drumming Technique, by Ron Spagnardi
Rudimental Jazz: A Musical Application of Rudiments to the
Drumset, by Joe Morello
Jazz Percussionists/Drummers
Drummin' Men: The Heartbeat of Jazz, the Bebop Years,
Traps, the Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich, by Mel Tormé
The World of Gene Krupa: That Legendary "Drummin'
Man" by Bruce H. Klauber
Rock Drumming
The Drum Book: History of the Rock Drum Kit, by Geoff Nicholls
Classic Rock Drummers, by Ken Micallef and Donnie Marshall
Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties, by Bob Cianci
Rock Drumming Workbook: A Guide to Improving Your Rock
Grooves, Fills and Phrases, by Ed Roscetti