Timpani
SKU:
IS.PC4554EM
Composed
by Theo Coutelier.
Percussion. Metropolis
Music Publishers
#PC4554EM. Published by
Metropolis Music
Publishers (IS.PC4554EM).
ISBN
9790365045549.
Belg
ian percussionist and
composer Theo Coutelier
is most well-known for
performing the solo part
of the premiere of Darius
Milhaud's Concerto for
Percussion and Orchestra,
Op. 109. As a composer,
he wrote a variety of
repertoire pieces for
percussion instruments,
for which there did not
previously exist many
works. This volume
contains eighteen etudes
for timpani with piano
accompaniment. Unique
about this collection is
that each accompaniment
was composed by a
different Belgian
composer of the era,
including Jean Absil,
Georges Colin, Jef Maes,
Yolande Uyttenhove,
amongst others. As of
2019, this edition
includes a newly engraved
solo timpani part in
addition to the
manuscript piano
accompaniment, wheras
previous editions only
included the full
score.