Percussion Section Requirements and Assignments

Kleinsinger, George

• Tubby the Tuba (Timpani+1)
  • Timpani
  • Percussion 1: xylophone, snare drum, woodblock, 2 temple blocks, crash cymbals

Kodaly, Zoltan

• Hary Janos Suite (Timpani+6)
  • Timpani
  • Player 1: Snare Drum
  • Player 2: Bass Drum, Tam-Tam
  • Player 3: Crash and Suspended Cymbals
  • Player 4: Bells, Tambourine, Chimes in last mvt.
  • Player 5: 4 Chimes (need low Bb, Eb, F, Bb), Xylophone
  • Player 6: Triangle

Liszt, Franz

• Piano Concerto #1 (Timpani+2)
  • Timpani
  • Player 1: Triangle
  • Player 2: Crash Cymbals

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

• Symphony # 4 (Timpani)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

• Overture to "The Abudction from the Seraglio" (Timpani+3)
  • Timpani
  • Player 1: Triangle
  • Player 2: Crash Cymbals
  • Player 3: Bass Drum/Rute

• Requiem (Timpani)

• Symphony #38 "Prague" (Timpani)

• Symphony #40 (No Timpani)

• Symphony #41 "Jupiter" (Timpani)

Mussorgsky, Modest

• Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) (Timpani+4)
  • Timpani

    Mvt.	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
    I. Gnomus	SD	BD/Whip/Ratchet	Cyms	Xylo
    III. Tuleries	--	--	--	Tri
    IV. Bydlo	SD	BD	--	--
    Promenade	--	--	--	Tri
    V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks	SD	--	Cyms	Tri
    VII. Limoges	SD	Tri/Susp	Cyms	Bells, Tri@71
    VIII. Catacombae	Tam-Tam	--	--	--
    IX. Baba-Yaga	SD/Susp@88	BD/Ratchet	Cyms	Xylo/Tri
    X. Great Gate	Eb Chime	BD/Tam-Tam	Cyms	Tri/Bells

Nielsen, Carl

• Symphony #2 (Timpani)
• Symphony #4 (2 Timpanists)

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