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NORMAN WEINBERG
 PERCUSSION HISTORY & LITERATURE
A totally online course! Perfect for a university-level offering for your students! An ideal balance between the large-scale overview with the deep-dive details.

  •    Essentials 
  •    Instrument Histories
  •    Orchestral Literature
  •    Chamber Literature
  •    Percussion Ensemble Literarture
  •    Solo Literature
DAVID HARVEY
MARIMBA & XYLOPHONE HISTORY
A totally online course! Perfect for a univerity-level offering  for your
ROBERT BREITHAUPT
​THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRUMSET
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WILL JAMES
T
HE REPERTOIRE
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Presented in over six hours of video, David Harvey's forty years of research comes alive. These videos include hundreds of photos, scores of audio examples, and information about the music and history of these instruments you won't find anywhere else! Ten chapters covering
   1 - Then and Now
   2 - Four Phases and Maps
   3 - European Development of the Xylophone
   4 - 1870-1915 Xylophone in the USA
   5 - Guatemalan Development of the Marimba
   6 - George Hamilton Green
   7 - 1915-1930's
   8 - 1940s-1960's Marimba and Xylophone in the US
   9 - Early Method Books
​   10 - Video Show
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A totally online course! Perfect for a university-level offering for your students! An ideal balance between the large-scale overview with the deep-dive details.
   Essentials 
   Instrument Histories
   Orchestral Literature
   Chamber Literature
   Percussion Ensemble Literarture
   Solo Literature


A totally online course! Perfect for a university-level offering for your students! An ideal balance between the large-scale overview with the deep-dive details.
   Essentials 
   Instrument Histories
   Orchestral Literature
   Chamber Literature
   Percussion Ensemble Literarture
   Solo Literature


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  • HOME
    • View Our Catalog
  • Our Catalog
  • Video Courses
    • Video Courses Overview
    • Percussion History & Literature >
      • Percussion History & Literature Introduction
      • Percussion History and Literature Modules Member Page >
        • Module ONE ESSENTIALS
        • Module TWO INSTRUMENT HISTORIES
        • Module THREE ORCHESTRAL LITERATURE
        • Module FOUR CHAMBER LITERATURE
        • Module FIVE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE LITERATURE
        • Module SIX SOLO LITERATURE
      • Purchase University Course License
      • Purchase For-Credit Student License
      • Purchase Non-Credit License
    • Marimba and Xylophone History with David Harvey >
      • Marimba & Xylophone History Introduction
      • Marimba and Xylophone History Member Page
    • History and Development of the Drumset >
      • History and Development of the Drumset Introduction
      • History and Development of the Drumset Member Page
    • THE REPERTOIRE >
      • THE REPERTOIRE Introduction
      • THE REPERTOIRE Member Page
  • AUDIO
    • All Audio
  • PRINT
    • The VAP Digital Bookshelf Overview
    • The Digital Bookshelf - RESEARCH
    • The Digital Bookshelf - KEYBOARDS
    • The Digital Bookshelf - TIMPANI
    • The Digital Bookshelf - DRUMMING
    • The Digital Bookshelf - Drum Book History by Alain Charmoille
    • The William Zickos Collection
  • TOUCH
    • TOUCH Information Page
    • TOUCH Member Page
  • Contact