Download or read book Analytical and Biographical Writings in Percussion Music written by Geary Larrick and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book's basic topic is the analysis and performance of percussion music composed from about 1800 through 1970 (Beethoven, Darius Milhaud, Elliott Carter, Ingolf Dahl, Paul Creston, Gary Burton) in the western world, with considerable biographical information on that music's composers that is generally unavailable in any other single volume to date. Musical styles included are classical, jazz, avant-garde, and fusion. Analytical approaches include various emphases on rhythm, harmony, melody, form, timbre, and performance.