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G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, ED. 2741. Compiled and Annotated by Alan Abel. Paper covers, 69 pp. In good+ condition. Blue, black and white illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges and spine. Previous owner's name in ink on top edge of front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [Published Date: 1970][From Foreword] This volume contains not only important excerpts from the timpani repertoire of the twentieth century, but also those which represent a variety of composers with contrasting styles.... Much of the material is from the standard symphonic repertoire with a sampling of small orchestra pieces and unusual works. Contents include (Composer - Excerpt): Barber, Samuel - Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Barber, Samuel - Piano Concerto, Barber, Samuel - Second Essay for Orchestra, Barber, Samuel - Toccata Festiva, Bernstein, Leonard - Overture to 'Candide', Bernstein, Leonard - On the Waterfront, Bernstein, Leonard - The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2), Blacher, Boris - Orchester Ornament, Blacher, Boris - Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Carter, Elliot - Variations for Orchestra Chavez, Carlos - Sinfonia India, Creston, Paul - Invocation and Dance, Harris, Roy - Third Symphony, Hartmann, Karl Amadeus - Sixth Symphony, Hindemith, Paul - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Holst, Gustav - The Planets, Kabalevsky, Dmitri - Overture to 'Colas Breugnon', Nielsen, Carl - Fourth Symphony, Orff, Carl - Carmina Burana, Piston, Walter - Fourth Symphony, Prokofiev, Sergey - Classical Symphony, Prokofiev, Sergey - Sixth Symphony, Revueltas, Silvestre - Sensemaya, Schuman, William - Judith, Schuman, William - New England Triptych; Schuman, William - Sixth Symphony; Shostakovich, Dmitri - Sixth Symphony; Shostakovich, Dmitri - Seventh Symphony; Sibelius, Jean - Seventh Symphony, Strauss, Richard - Don Juan, Strauss, Richard - Salome's Dance, Stravinsky, Igor - Jeu de Cartes, Stravinsky, Igor - The Rite of SpringWeinberger, Jaromir - Polka and Fugue from 'Shvanda'