Six exciting works by Nexus percussionist Bill Cahn for unaccompanied timpani for the advanced performer. These pieces include a variety of styles influenced by music from Western Classical and Romantic periods North Indian tabla drumming and West African rhythms. Each piece may be played alone or in any combination.

Features the complete timpani parts to 18 symphonies by Schubert Mendelssohn Schumann Brahms Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Includes Schubert's No. 7 in C and 8 in B minor ('Unfinished'); Mendelssohn's No. 3 in A minor 4 in A ('Italian') and 5 in D ('Reformation'); Schumann's No. 2 in C 3 in Eb and 4 in D minor; Brahms' No. 1 in C minor 2 in D 3 in F and 4 in E minor; Dvorak's No. 2 in D minor 4 in G and 5 in E minor ('From the New World'); and Tchaikovsky's No. 4 in F minor 5 in E minor and 6 in B minor ('Symphonie Pathétique').

David Herbert, Principal Timpanist of Chicago Symphony and long-time timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony shares his insights from his many performances and recordings of the nine Mahler Symphonies. His interpretive analysis sets the tone for intelligent, expressive performances of these major orchestral works. / Percussions

With few study books exisiting for the Timpani Jacques Delécluse ensures that this gap is filled with his excellent Thirty Studies for Timpani. French percussionist and composer Delécluse studied at the Paris Conservatoire in the mid-1900s winning many prizes. The exercises in the first volume of Thirty Studies for Timpani are built on technical examples and problems intended for students who have just started learning the technicalities of the instrument. Rhythms are developed to ensure continuous progression. For all aspiring Timpani players Delécluse's ThirtyStudies is essential having been compiled by a master of the instrument himself.