Learn from master percussionist Jack Bell and others in this collection of percussion lectures, interviews, and performances
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Cloyd Duff
This information about Cloyd Duff was provided by Jim Atwood, when Cloyd was nominated to the Hall of Fame of the Percussive Arts Society. Cloyd was my teacher at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music from 1962 until 1967, which was the last year he taught at Oberlin. CLOYD DUFF Born: Sept. 26, 1915 Died:…
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Life Without Music
Imagine the world without music – no concerts to attend, no singing or whistling, no tapes or CDs, no music in movies, no marching bands, no dancing, no hymns, and no organ at baseball games! Without music our world would certainly be a bleak place. Music is perhaps the most abstract and sublime of all…
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Werner Thärichen
Werner Thärichen 1921 – 2008Konzert für Pauken und Orchester, Op.34Allegro Moderato Werner Thärichen, legendary timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, studied composition and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He also learned the flute and piano and was a percussionist and timpanist with the orchestras of the Hamburg State Opera and the State Opera…