Hartenberger Russell (ed.) The Cambridge companion to percussion

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. — 326 p.Percussion music is both the oldest and most recent of musical genres and exists in diverse forms throughout the world. This Companion explores percussion and rhythm from the perspectives of performers, composers, conductors, instrument builders, scholars, and cognitive scientists. Topics covered include percussion in symphony orchestras from the nineteenth century to today and the development of percussion instruments in chapters on the marimba revolution, the percussion industry, drum machines, and the effect of acoustics. Chapters also investigate drum set playing and the influences of world music on Western percussion, and outline the roles of percussionists as composers, conductors, soloists, chamber musicians, and theatrical performers. Developments in scientific research are explored in chapters on the perception of sound and the evolution of musical rhythm. This book will be a valuable resource for students, percussionists, and all those who want a deeper understanding of percussion music and rhythm.Timpani traditions and beyond
Orchestral percussion in the twenty-first century : concerns and solutions
Marimba revolution : mallet instruments, repertoire, and technique in the twenty-first century
Instrumental ingredients
The percussion industry
Virtual drumming : a history of electronic percussion
Lost and found : percussion chamber music and the modern age
Taking center stage : percussionist as soloist
Percussion theater : the drama of performance
Three convergences : a percussionist learns to conduct
Finding a voice
Flexibility as a defining factor
Thoughts on percussion and rhythm
In the pocket : how a drum set player grooves
The "funky drummer" break : ghost notes, timbre, and popular music drumming
Way beyond wood and skin : drum sets, drumming, and technology
Speaking of rhythm
African influences on Western percussion performance and pedagogy
The gamelan beleganjur as Balinese percussion ensemble
Lessons from the laboratory : the musical translation of scientific research on movement
In the beginning was the beat : evolutionary origins of musical rhythm in humans