Research Guides: Percussion: Historic Overviews

Overviews of Percussion History

The following books in the UO Libraries Music Collection provide detailed scholarly coverage of the history and development of percussion instruments:

Timpani and Percussion by Jeremy Montagu
Call Number: ML1035 .M66 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Percussion Instruments and Their History by James Blades
Call Number: ML1030.B6 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Early Percussion Instruments : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque by James Blades; Jeremy Montagu
Call Number: ML1030 .B58
Publication Date: 1976
Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala by Sergio Navarrete Pellicer (Contribution by)
Call Number: ML3572.G9 N38 2005, COMPACT DISC CX14317
Publication Date: 2005

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