1. Innovations in Timpani Repertoire and Design of the 18th and
... members of their orchestras because percussionists, as well as trumpeters, were associated more with the military than the orchestra. Orchestras infrequently played repertoire that included the military drum, timpani, or trumpet, and on those occasions highly skilled military musicians were called to sit in on the piece. Eighteenth century orchestral music usually used trumpets and the military drum for the loudest ... ...
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