Com compondre per a percussió (How to write for percussion)

Contents

The book is a comprehensive guide for composers and arrangers on how to write for percussion. In professional and academic circles, How to Write for Percussion is already considered to be a significant addition to the very specific and exacting area of writing and arranging for the diverse and rich percussion family.
In addition to being of obvious interest to composers and arrangers, this manual would be of interest also to conductors, since it is written by a noted professional percussionist who has performed many of the pieces cited in the book, and who has studied the others in detail. A wide spectrum of areas are treated in great detail, such as basic questions of timbre, choice of stick or beater and instrument, through the subtile questions of of set-up and notation. Perhaps the the most instructive sections of the book are the exhaustive comments on orchestral passages and the extensive listening and study list.