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Does anybody know any recordings and scores of percussion repertoire for study? Best is online and free.

I looked at some Kraft and Cirone.

Writing a piece for amplified viola, electronics, horn, and percussion but I need to study some literature first.

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Hmm, hard to say, since there are so many percussion pieces after Bartok. There are a few (solo percussion) piece I know are on Youtube, such as:

Xenakis: Rebonds A, Rebonds B, Psappha

Ferneyhough: Bone Alphabet (look a good recording of this - then it's awesome)

Stockhausen: Zyklus

Tenney: Never written a note for percussion (well you could say this is too concentrated on one thing to be much help to get an overview on percussion technique, similar to Stockhausen's "Mikrophonie").

You'll probably also find recordings of Steve Reich's Drumming, and some Cage pieces for percussion (such as Third Construction in metal), Amores, etc.

There's some great Henze stuff too, where percussion has an important role (such as El Cimarr

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Hmm, hard to say, since there are so many percussion pieces after Bartok. There are a few (solo percussion) piece I know are on Youtube, such as:

Xenakis: Rebonds A, Rebonds B, Psappha

Ferneyhough: Bone Alphabet (look a good recording of this - then it's awesome)

Stockhausen: Zyklus

Tenney: Never written a note for percussion (well you could say this is too concentrated on one thing to be much help to get an overview on percussion technique, similar to Stockhausen's "Mikrophonie").

You'll probably also find recordings of Steve Reich's Drumming, and some Cage pieces for percussion (such as Third Construction in metal), Amores, etc.

Somebody likes Steve Schick.....:D

As far as percussion ensemble literature, check out David Maslanka - Montana Music, Crown of Thorns, and Hohner are great starts. David Gillingham writes some good stuff too. His Concerto for Percussion Ensemble is great, as far as scoring goes.

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Hah, yeah, I indeed listened to his Ferneyhough and Xenakis not long ago :D

He is quite awesome. We had him here at OCU in January and he performed the first 6 pieces you listed as well as 'Toucher' which is a pretty nifty piece as well.

He's quite the intellectual. That man can talk haha.

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