# Percussion Reference Bibliography ## A Adams, John Luther. The Place Where You Go To Listen. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2009. Adams, John Luther. Winter Music, Composing the North. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2004. ## B Bajzek, Dieter. Percussion: An Annotated Bibliography. London: Scarecrow, 1988. Banek, Reinhold and Jon Scoville. Sound Design: A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building. New York: Ten Speed Press, 1980. Beck, John H. ed. Encyclopedia of Percussion (2nd Ed.). Routledge, 2006. Benvenga, Nancy. Timpani and the Timpanist’s Art: Musical and Technical Development in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Dis. Goteborgs University, 1979. Bissonette, Gregg. Musical Drumming in Different Styles. Hudson Music (DVD). Blades, James and Jeremy Montagu. Early Percussion Instruments from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. London: Oxford, 1976. Blades, James. Percussion Instruments and Their History. Westport, Connecticut: Bold Strummer, Rvsd 2005. Bowles, Edmund. The Timpani: A History in Pictures and Documents. Pendragon Press, 2002. Bruce, Geo. B. and Dan D. Emmett. The Drummers’ and Fifers’ Guide. New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 1865. (Reprint: George Carroll, Reston, VA:1989). ## C Cahn, William. Creative Music Making. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005. Carroll, Raynor. Symphonic Repertoire Guide for Timpani and Percussion. Pasadena, CA: Batterie Music, 2005. Chenoweth, Vida. The Marimbas of Guatemala. Lexington KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1974. Cook, Gary. Teaching Percussion (3rd Ed.). New York: Schirmer, 1997. Cowell, Henry. New Musical Resources. Cambridge University Press, 1930. ## D ## E ## F ## G Gann, Kyle. American Music in the Twentieth Century. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 1997. Gann, Kyle. No Such Thing as Silence. Yale University Press, 2010. Gerard, Charley & Marty Sheller. Salsa!: The Rhythm of Latin Music. Crown Point, IN: White Cliffs Media, 1989. Green, Barry and Timothy Gallwey. The Inner Game of Music. New York: Anchor Press, 1986. ## H Hart, Mickey and Jay Stevens. Drumming at the Edge of Magic. San Francisco: Harper, 1990. Hart, Mickey and Fredric Lieberman. Planet Drum. San Francisco: Harper, 1991. Hopkin, Bart. Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Making. See Sharp Press, 1996. Howard, Joseph H. Drums in the Americas. Oak Archives, 1967. Hull, Arthur. Drum Circle Spirit. White Cliffs Media, 1998. ## I ## J ## J ## K Kaptain, Laurence. The Wood That Sings: The Marimba in Chiapas, Mexico. Everett, PA: Honeyrock, 1992. Kite, Rebecca. Keiko Abe, A Virtuosic Life. GP Percussion, 2007. ## L Larrick, Geary. Analytical and Biographical Writings in Percussion Music. New York: Lang, 1989. Locke, David. Drum Gahu. Crown Point: White Cliffs Media, 1987. Locke, David. Drum Damba. Crown Point: White Cliffs Media, 1990. ## M Mason, Bernard. Drums, Tomtoms and Rattles. New York: Dover, 1974. Mauleòn, Rebeca. Salsa Guidebook for Piano & Ensemble. Petaluma, CA: Sher Music, 1993. Mayer, Jojo. Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer. Hudson Music (DVD). Montagu, Jeremy. Making Early Percussion Instruments. London: Oxford, 1976. ## N Nicholls, Geoff. The Drum Book: A history of the rock drum kit. Miller Freeman Books, 1997. Nussbaum, Adam and Steve Smith. The Art of Playing with Brushes. Hudson Music (DVD). ## O ## P Peters, Gordon. The Drummer: Man. Wilmette, IL: Kemper-Peters, 1975. ## Q ## R Richards, Emil. World of Percussion. Gwyn Publ., 1975. Ross, Alex. The Rest is Noise, Listening to the Twentieth Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. ## S Sawyer, David. Vibrations: Making Unorthodox Musical Instruments. Cambridge University Press, 1977. Schick, Steven. The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams. University of Rochester Press, 2006. Schneiderman, Barbara. Confident Music Performance. St. Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1991. Smith, Steve. Drum Techniques and the History of the U.S. Beat. Hudson Music (DVD). Smith, Steve. Drum Legacy: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Hudson Music (DVD). ## T Tabourot. Castanuelas, Olé A Book About Castanets. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1993. Tabourot. Historic Percussion—A Survey. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1994. Tabourot. Rhythm Ghosts. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1997. Tabourot. Royall Drummes & Martiall Musick. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1993. Tabourot. Tambourine! The Happy Sound. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1993. Thurmond, James Morgan. Note Grouping. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Meredith Music, 1991. ## U ## V Various (collection). Classic Jazz Drummers: Swing and Beyond. Hudson Music (DVD). Various (collection). “Teaching Young Percussionists to Make Musical Choices”, The Drum and Percussion Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers, Meredith Music Publications, 2008. Vela, David. Information on the Marimba. Auckland: Institute Press, 1958. ## W Wiggins, Trevor and Joseph Kobom. Xylophone Music from Ghana. Crown Point: White Cliffs Media, 1992. Workman, Darin. The Percussionists’ Guide to Injury Treatment and Prevention. Routledge, 2006. Wyre, John. Touched by Sound. St. John’s, Newfoundland: Buka Music, 2002. ## X ## Y ## Z