Percussion
Instrumental Solos Percussion Ensembles
Here
is my collection of solos for xylophone, marimba, tympani and
percussion. There are also a bunch of ensemble music for larger
groups. This is a large collection and I organized it the best
I could by authors first name. When I was teaching, I became obsessed
with drum books! Most new books that came into the music store,
I would buy. There used to be this big event called The Mammoth
Music Mart a few towns over. I would walk out with all kinds of
books and records. I also found books at The Chicago Drum show
every year I attended. I probably have four to five hundred drum
books.
Scanning
all of these and looking at the collection, I think my motive
at the time being a drum teacher was to ammas a library of books.
Looking at it now, I think I liked the artwork and colors on the
covers.
KEY:
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Snare
Drum Solos |
Drum
Set Solos |
Tympani
Solos |
Multi
Percussion Solos |
Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
Percussion
Ensembles |
This
is JUST the covers! |
Organized
by Author's FIRST name |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Acton
E Osling |
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Acton
E Osling |
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Anothony
Aretta |
Den
Chief |
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Rudimental
Review |
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HIs
Majesty's Overture |
1946 |
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1939 |
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1970 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Alice Gomez |
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International Suite Solo For Timpani |
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1990 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Alan
Hovhanes |
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Alice
Gomez |
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Alice
Gomez |
Fantasy
On Japanese Wood |
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Etude
In D Minor |
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Mandarin
Whisperers |
1965 |
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1985 |
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1991 |
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Aram
Khachaturian |
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Armand
Russell |
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Sabre
Dance |
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Equinox
For Marimba |
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1948 |
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1985 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Bobby Christian |
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Tympani Suite |
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1977 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Bill
Molenhof |
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Bill
Dorn |
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Soho
Saturday Night |
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Xylophone
Series Of Solos |
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1982 |
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1958 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Charles
Morey-All Set |
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1977 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Charles
Delancey |
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Montemalga |
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1975 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Carl
Fischer |
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Charlie
Shoemake |
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Charlie
Shoemake |
Xylophone
Solos |
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Blue
Shoe |
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Bopt'
Mystic |
1939 |
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1981 |
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1981 |
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Chas
Owen |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
Chop
Sticks |
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Etude
In Aflat OP 6 No 2 |
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Etude
OP 6 No 8 |
1941 |
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1948 |
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1976 |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
Etude
OP 6 No 9 |
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Etude
OP 6 No 9 |
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Etude
In C Major OP 6 No 10 |
1976 |
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1976 |
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1948 |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
Etude
OP 6 No 8 |
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Etude
OP 11 No 4 |
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Prelude
OP 11 No 7 |
1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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Clair
Omar Musser |
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Claude
Debussy |
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Clifford
K Chapman |
Prelude
OP 11 No 3 |
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Reverie |
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Music
For Percussion |
1948 |
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1981 |
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1974 |
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Snare Drum Solos |
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Dan Heslink |
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Drum Artists |
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Theme And Variations |
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Contest Series For Dum Solos |
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1976 |
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1940 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Dean
Witten |
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Conversation |
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1978 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Domenico
Scarlatti |
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Three
Sonatas |
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1979 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Eric
J White |
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Two
Sketches |
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1981 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Emil
Sholle |
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Brook
Opus III |
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1959 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Edwin Kalmus |
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Act 1 Preludio Ed Introduzione |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Edmud
Clonek |
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Emil
Sholle |
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Emma
Lou Diemer |
A
Tide Of Voices |
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The
Brook |
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Toccata
For Marimba |
1979 |
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1961 |
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1957 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Fantasy Scherzo |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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George
Frock |
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Six
Concert Solos For Snare Drum |
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1989 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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George
Frock |
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Prelude
And Scherzo |
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1968 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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George
Hamilton Green |
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Gerald
M Walker |
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Gordon
Stout |
Valse
Brillante |
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First
Suite From 12 Light Dances |
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Elergy |
1988 |
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1980 |
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1978 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Haskell
W. Harr |
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Haskell
W. Harr |
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9
Complete Snare Drum Solos |
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9
Complete Snare Drum Solos - Piano |
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1966 |
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1966 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
Count
'em "9" Heads |
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Count
'em "18" Heads |
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Count
'em "36" Heads |
1968 |
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1968 |
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1968 |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
Count
'em "54" Heads |
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Four's
On A Ride |
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Jazz
In Three |
1968 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Jake
Jerger |
Open
Roll Trip |
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Three
Toms |
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Two's
And Four's In Triplets |
1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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Jake
Jerger |
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Straight
Sixteenths |
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1976 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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James
Jurrens |
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Jay
Collins |
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Jeffrey
Funnell |
Markiments
Snare Drum Solos |
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The
Badger Strut |
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Corps-dially
Yours |
1990 |
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1965 |
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1980 |
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John
Beck |
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John
S. Pratt |
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John
S. Pratt |
Colonial
Capers |
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4
Modern Contest Solos |
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Coordination
5 Snare Drum Solos |
1976 |
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1959 |
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1959 |
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Johs
S Pratt |
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Syncopating
The Single Drag |
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1959 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Jared
Spears |
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John
Beck |
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John
Floyd |
Two
Episodes Timpani |
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Sonata
For Timpani |
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Theme
And Variations Four Timpani |
1978 |
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1971 |
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1980 |
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John
Sery |
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Conversations
For Timpani |
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1979 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Jack
Mouse |
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Jared
Spears |
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Jared
Spears |
Cymbalism |
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Promenade |
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Trilogy
For Solo Percussion |
1975 |
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1978 |
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1978 |
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John
Serry |
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John
Tatgenhorst |
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Therapy |
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Swing
Cadences for Marching Band |
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1988 |
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1971 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Jared
Spears |
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Jascha
Heifetz |
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J.C.
Combs |
Malletrix |
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Hora
Staccato |
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Favorite
Ragtime Life |
1989 |
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1947 |
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1976 |
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Joe
Green |
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John
Godoy |
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Julie
Spencer |
The
Whirlwind |
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Prelude
In E Minor |
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Cat
Clock |
1983 |
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1990 |
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1987 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Karen
Ervin |
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Keith
Jarrett |
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Keith
Larson |
Variations
On A Gaillarde |
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Moonchild
In Your Quiet Place |
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Two
Chorales |
1977 |
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1983 |
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Kendor
Music |
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Marimba
Solo Series Three Ballads |
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1924 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Louie
Bellson |
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4
Stories For Dum Set |
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1965 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Lorraine
Irvin |
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Octave
Etude No 2 |
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1982 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Murray Houlif |
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Murray Houllif |
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Murray Houllif |
Contemporary Drum Set Solo |
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Rock Duo |
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Samba-Ly |
1981 |
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1980 |
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1979 |
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Murray
Houllif |
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Murray
Houllif |
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Murray
Houllif |
Ain't
It Rich |
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Just
For The "Funk" Of It |
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Philly |
1980 |
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1980 |
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1979 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Michael
Colgrass |
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Michael
Varner |
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Michael
Varner |
Six
Unnaccompanied Snare Drum Solos |
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Frenzy
Snare Drum |
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Rudimental
Rossini |
1957 |
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1990 |
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1990 |
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Michael
Varner |
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Michael
Varner |
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Mitch
Markovich |
Warp
7 Snare Drum Solo |
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Whiplash
Snare Drum Solo |
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Just
Two Snare Drums |
1990 |
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1990 |
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1966 |
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Mitch
Markovich |
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Mitch
Markovich |
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Morris
Goldenberg |
Stamina
For Solo Snare Drum |
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The
Winner Snare Drum Solo |
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March
For Two Snare Drums |
1966 |
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1966 |
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1964 |
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Morris
Goldenberg |
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Simple
Simon March |
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1964 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Maralyn
Rife |
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Rhythmic
Chants For Timpani |
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1991 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Michael
Horvit |
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Mitchell
Peters |
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Mitch
Markovich |
Suite
For Solo Percussion |
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Rondo |
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Teamwork |
1989 |
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1968 |
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1966 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Michael
Long |
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Mitchell
Peters |
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Mitchell
Peters |
Suite
For Vibraphone Solo |
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Sonata
Allegro |
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Waves
For Marmiba |
1977 |
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1968 |
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1975 |
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Murray
Houlif |
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Samba |
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1980 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Nick
Ceroli |
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Rudimental
Contest Solo |
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1964 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Nebojsa
Zivkovic |
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Nebojsa
Zivkovic |
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Niccolo
Paganini |
Macedona |
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Three
Fantyastic Songs |
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Capricen |
1987 |
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1987 |
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1981 |
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Niel
De Ponte |
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Concertino
For Marimba |
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1978 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Pablo De Sarasate |
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Perry Chappell |
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Perry Chappell |
Zapateado |
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None
But The Lonely Heart |
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Theme
From The Polovetsian Dances |
1990 |
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1966 |
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1966 |
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Peter
Tanner |
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Sonata
For Marimba |
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1974 |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Rod
Lincoln |
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Ronald
Keezer |
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Moods
For Interaction |
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Chop
City |
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1985 |
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1965 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Robert McCormick |
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R.W. Buggert |
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Aggressively Snare Drum Solo |
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Flinging It Threefold |
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1976 |
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1939 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Richard
Peterson |
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Suite
For Timpani |
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1975 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Rickey
Tagawa |
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Robert
McCormick |
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Robert
Stern |
Inspirations
Diabolique' |
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Homage
To Harry Partch |
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Adventures
For One |
1965 |
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1976 |
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1963 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Raymond
Helble |
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Raymond
Helble |
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Raymond
Helble |
Grand
Fantasy In C Major |
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Preludes
For Marimba |
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Sonata
Brevis |
1977 |
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1977 |
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1978 |
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R
Chapi |
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Richard
Gipson |
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Rubank |
Bunch
Of Roses |
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Prayer |
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Marimba
Solos |
1938 |
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1975 |
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1935 |
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S |
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Drum
Set Solos |
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Schmitt,
Hall and McCreary Co |
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Shelly
Ellias |
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Shelly
Elias |
Festival
Rock |
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Siwe's
Tweed |
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Suite
For 3 Drum Sets |
1971 |
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1970 |
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1969 |
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Steve
Gadd |
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Steve
Gadd |
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The
Solo Drum Set |
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Variations
On A "Crazy Army" |
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1990 |
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1990 |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Slingerland
Board Of Directors |
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Our
Director |
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Contest
Solos |
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1970 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Saul
Feldstein |
Three
Keys Timpani |
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Tune
Up Timpani Solo |
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Two
Spirituals Timpani And Piano |
1971 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Saul
Feldstein |
Battle
Hymn Of The Republic |
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Sea
Sounds |
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Two
And Four |
1970 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Saul
Feldstein |
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Sharda
Brody |
Water's
Edge |
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When
Johnny Comes Marching Home |
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Solfeggio
In C Minor |
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1971 |
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1984 |
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Sheldon
Elias |
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Herta's
Parade |
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1968 |
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T |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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Todd
Ukena |
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Times
Are Changing |
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1990 |
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Timpani Solos |
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Todd
Ukena |
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No
II Fun For Solo Timpani |
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1990 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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Thomas
L. Davis |
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Multi
Percussion Suite No 1 |
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1973 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Thomas
A Brown |
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Todd
Ukena |
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Toru
Takemitsu |
Essence |
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Suite
No 1 |
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Sacrifice |
1984 |
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1967 |
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U |
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V |
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Timpani Solos |
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Vic
Firth |
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Sitrting
Bull Solo Timpani |
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1966 |
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W |
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Snare
Drum Solos |
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William J. Schinstine |
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William J Schinstine |
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William J. Schinstine |
Evocation No 1 |
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Evocation No 2 |
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Futuristic Drum Solos |
1979 |
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1979 |
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1953 |
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William J. Schinstine |
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Little Champ Snare Drum Solo |
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1954 |
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Timpani Solos |
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William
J Schinstine |
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William
J Schinstine |
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Sonata
No 2 For Timpani |
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Sonata
No 3 For Timpani |
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1977 |
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1977 |
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Multi
Percussion |
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|
William
Kraft |
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Two
Drum sin the Shape Of An Etude |
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1975 |
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Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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Willard
Musser |
|
Willard
Musser |
|
William
Schinstine |
Third
Handel Sonata |
|
Third
Handle Sonata |
|
Southern
Special Marmiba Solos |
1966 |
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1966 |
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1984 |
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x |
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y |
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|
Xylophone
- Marimba- Vibes Solos |
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|
Yoichi
Hiraoka |
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|
Pitfield
Sonata |
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1967 |
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