Fortunately, Danny Mallon, who played a variety of percussion, joined them. ... Norman [12] Solo percussion set [13] Sonata IX- Johann H. ... Guest Artist: Danny Mallon (percussion) holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in percussion from the Mannes College of Music, Where he has been a faculty member since 1991. ... In this concert, Chatham Baroque adapted a variety of seventeenth century Spanish dances and their arrangements demonstrate how music might have been performed by ensembles in baroque Spain using instruments that were available at the time. ... Instead, Scott Pauley p...

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In historical and musicological terms, contemporary music can refer to the modern forms of art music where the artist uses emotion and expressions in making music with sometime employing the use of alternative style and various kinds of musical and percussion instruments. ... The standard orchestral instruments were established during the Classical era that became the most common instruments which included; violins, flutes and trumpets, but during the first part of the classical period a harpsichords was a popular instrument. The invention of a piano however replaced it and the woodwind secti...

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A harpsichord, an instrument used in numerous Baroque pieces, often accompanied these works. ... Some examples are as follows: in the piece "D'un soir triste,"" she used a muted tam-tam crash, bass drums, off-beat notes on a harp, and several percussion; in the piece "D'un matin de printemps,"" she used orchestrations such as lightly tapped and brushed snare drums (Lace, 3). ...

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