Description
Professor of Percussion at Indiana University, John Tafoya, offers his insight and experience in this comprehensive book with download, which gives the working timpanist a practical approach to preparing audition excerpts. An invaluable resource, this book contains carefully illustrated excerpts, insightful photos, and additional timpani parts as PDF. Included are 22 of the most frequently requested timpani audition excerpts and useful performance practices for the student and the professional timpanist. A must for all timpanists!
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Timpani Mallet Chart
- Further Clarification o Mallet Descriptions
- Mozart: Symphony No. 39
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / Overture Fantasy
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
- Elgar: Enigma Variations
- Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses
- Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
- Richard Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- William Schuman: New England Triptych
- Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
- Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March from Gotterdammerung
- Recommended Recordings
- A Sample of Today's Timpani Manufacturers
- Orchestral Timpani Audition Repertoire Listing
- Preparing for an Audition
- Preparing for the First Rehearsal
- About the Author