On Oct 23, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
Can anyone summarize (or point me to a summary) of the changes in the 2nd edition? In particular, I am interested if there are extensive updates on usage and availability of percussion, since the 1st edition I have (1985) is probably quite dated in such a rapidly changing area.
None of the editions is significantly updated from the first, but only correct typos and so on. Some important changes are mentioned in the prefaces (only) of the successive editions, the most recent being the CD-ROM version, the preface to which makes brief mention of the rain stick and Chinese opera gong, notes that the marimba now frequently descends to C0, and suggests that the bass marimba has probably been driven into extinction by the last of these developments.
I would add that anyone eager to find out percussion developments in the last 20 years could hardly do better than to study the ensemble works (from _Quest_ on) composed by George Crumb during that period.
I would in theory love to bring out a totally revised edition of my book--but life is too short. The original book took me most of a decade.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
