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The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams » (1st Edition)
Authors: Steven Schick, Paul Griffiths
ISBN-13: 9781580462143, ISBN-10: 1580462146
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Rochester Press, The
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Steven Schick
Steven Schick teaches at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the percussion group "red fish blue fish."
Book Synopsis
An engaging, practical, sometimes poetic account of the new world of percussion music--from the 1930s (Varese, Cage) to today--by one of its leading practitioners.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Because the world is round | 1 |
| 2 | Loud Americans : American percussion music under construction | 34 |
| 3 | Learning Bone alphabet | 90 |
| 4 | The affliction of memory | 116 |
| 5 | Face the music : a look at percussion playing | 140 |
| 6 | This is not a drum : manipulating the material of percussion music | 178 |
| 7 | Same bed, different dreams : a personal epilogue | 231 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Music Books Music Instruction & Education
Entertainment Music Books Music Theory & Composition
Entertainment Music Books Musical Instruments
Music Books Music Instruction & EducationEntertainment
Music Books Music Theory & CompositionEntertainment
Music Books Musical Instruments
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