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Percussion Instrumental Solos Percussion Ensembles

Here is my collection of solos for xylophone, marimba, tympani and percussion. There are also a bunch of ensemble music for larger groups. This is a large collection and I organized it the best I could by authors first name. When I was teaching, I became obsessed with drum books! Most new books that came into the music store, I would buy. There used to be this big event called The Mammoth Music Mart a few towns over. I would walk out with all kinds of books and records. I also found books at The Chicago Drum show every year I attended. I probably have four to five hundred drum books.

Scanning all of these and looking at the collection, I think my motive at the time being a drum teacher was to ammas a library of books. Looking at it now, I think I liked the artwork and colors on the covers.

KEY:

 

Snare Drum Solos
Drum Set Solos
Tympani Solos
Multi Percussion Solos
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos
Percussion Ensembles

This is JUST the covers!

Organized by Author's FIRST name

A

       
Snare Drum Solos        
Acton E Osling   Acton E Osling   Anothony Aretta
Den Chief   Rudimental Review   HIs Majesty's Overture
1946   1939   1970
 
 
         
Timpani Solos        
Alice Gomez        
International Suite Solo For Timpani        
1990        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Alan Hovhanes   Alice Gomez   Alice Gomez
Fantasy On Japanese Wood   Etude In D Minor   Mandarin Whisperers
1965   1985   1991
   
         
Aram Khachaturian   Armand Russell    
Sabre Dance   Equinox For Marimba    
1948   1985    
     
 
 

B

       
Timpani Solos        
Bobby Christian        
Tympani Suite        
1977        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Bill Molenhof   Bill Dorn    
Soho Saturday Night   Xylophone Series Of Solos    
1982   1958    
     
         
         
 

C

       
Drum Set Solos        
Charles Morey-All Set        
1977        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
Charles Delancey        
Montemalga        
1975        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Multi Percussion        
Carl Fischer   Charlie Shoemake   Charlie Shoemake
Xylophone Solos   Blue Shoe   Bopt' Mystic
1939   1981   1981
   
         
Chas Owen   Clair Omar Musser   Clair Omar Musser
Chop Sticks   Etude In Aflat OP 6 No 2   Etude OP 6 No 8
1941   1948   1976
   
         
Clair Omar Musser   Clair Omar Musser   Clair Omar Musser
Etude OP 6 No 9   Etude OP 6 No 9   Etude In C Major OP 6 No 10
1976   1976   1948
   
         
Clair Omar Musser   Clair Omar Musser   Clair Omar Musser
Etude OP 6 No 8   Etude OP 11 No 4   Prelude OP 11 No 7
1976   1976   1976
   
         
Clair Omar Musser   Claude Debussy   Clifford K Chapman
Prelude OP 11 No 3   Reverie   Music For Percussion
1948   1981   1974
   
         
         

D

       
Snare Drum Solos        
Dan Heslink   Drum Artists    
Theme And Variations   Contest Series For Dum Solos    
1976   1940    
     
         
Multi Percussion        
Dean Witten        
Conversation        
1978        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Domenico Scarlatti        
Three Sonatas        
1979        
       
         
         

E

       
Drum Set Solos        
Eric J White        
Two Sketches        
1981        
       
         
Snare Drum Solos        
Emil Sholle        
Brook Opus III        
1959        
       
         
Timpani Solos        
Edwin Kalmus        
Act 1 Preludio Ed Introduzione        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Edmud Clonek   Emil Sholle   Emma Lou Diemer
A Tide Of Voices   The Brook   Toccata For Marimba
1979   1961   1957
   
         
         

F

       
Timpani Solos        
Fantasy Scherzo        
       
         
         
         
         

G

       
Snare Drum Solos        
George Frock        
Six Concert Solos For Snare Drum        
1989        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
George Frock        
Prelude And Scherzo        
1968        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
George Hamilton Green   Gerald M Walker   Gordon Stout
Valse Brillante   First Suite From 12 Light Dances   Elergy
1988   1980   1978
   
         
         
         
         

H

       
Snare Drum Solos        
Haskell W. Harr   Haskell W. Harr    
9 Complete Snare Drum Solos   9 Complete Snare Drum Solos - Piano    
1966   1966    
     
         
         
         
         

I

       
         
         

J

       
Drum Set Solos        
Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger
Count 'em "9" Heads   Count 'em "18" Heads   Count 'em "36" Heads
1968   1968   1968
   
         
Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger
Count 'em "54" Heads   Four's On A Ride   Jazz In Three
1968   1976   1976
   
         
Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger   Jake Jerger
Open Roll Trip   Three Toms   Two's And Four's In Triplets
1976   1976   1976
   
         
Jake Jerger        
Straight Sixteenths        
1976        
       
         
Snare Drum Solos        
James Jurrens   Jay Collins   Jeffrey Funnell
Markiments Snare Drum Solos   The Badger Strut   Corps-dially Yours
1990   1965   1980
   
         
John Beck   John S. Pratt   John S. Pratt
Colonial Capers   4 Modern Contest Solos   Coordination 5 Snare Drum Solos
1976   1959   1959
   
         
Johs S Pratt        
Syncopating The Single Drag        
1959        
       
         
Timpani Solos        
Jared Spears   John Beck   John Floyd
Two Episodes Timpani   Sonata For Timpani   Theme And Variations Four Timpani
1978   1971   1980
   
         
John Sery        
Conversations For Timpani        
1979        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
Jack Mouse   Jared Spears   Jared Spears
Cymbalism   Promenade   Trilogy For Solo Percussion
1975   1978   1978
   
         
John Serry   John Tatgenhorst    
Therapy   Swing Cadences for Marching Band    
1988   1971    
     
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Jared Spears   Jascha Heifetz   J.C. Combs
Malletrix   Hora Staccato   Favorite Ragtime Life
1989   1947   1976
   
         
Joe Green   John Godoy   Julie Spencer
The Whirlwind   Prelude In E Minor   Cat Clock
1983   1990   1987
   
         
         

K

       
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Karen Ervin   Keith Jarrett   Keith Larson
Variations On A Gaillarde   Moonchild In Your Quiet Place   Two Chorales
1977       1983
         
   
         
Kendor Music        
Marimba Solo Series Three Ballads        
1924        
       
         
         

L

       
Drum Set Solos        
Louie Bellson        
4 Stories For Dum Set        
1965        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Lorraine Irvin        
Octave Etude No 2        
1982        
       
         
         

M

       
Drum Set Solos        
Murray Houlif   Murray Houllif   Murray Houllif
Contemporary Drum Set Solo   Rock Duo   Samba-Ly
1981   1980   1979
   
         
Murray Houllif   Murray Houllif   Murray Houllif
Ain't It Rich   Just For The "Funk" Of It   Philly
1980   1980   1979
   
         
Snare Drum Solos        
Michael Colgrass   Michael Varner   Michael Varner
Six Unnaccompanied Snare Drum Solos   Frenzy Snare Drum   Rudimental Rossini
1957   1990   1990
   
         
Michael Varner   Michael Varner   Mitch Markovich
Warp 7 Snare Drum Solo   Whiplash Snare Drum Solo   Just Two Snare Drums
1990   1990   1966
   
         
Mitch Markovich   Mitch Markovich   Morris Goldenberg
Stamina For Solo Snare Drum   The Winner Snare Drum Solo   March For Two Snare Drums
1966   1966   1964
   
         
Morris Goldenberg        
Simple Simon March        
1964        
       
         
Timpani Solos        
Maralyn Rife        
Rhythmic Chants For Timpani        
1991        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
Michael Horvit   Mitchell Peters   Mitch Markovich
Suite For Solo Percussion   Rondo   Teamwork
1989   1968   1966
   
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Michael Long   Mitchell Peters   Mitchell Peters
Suite For Vibraphone Solo   Sonata Allegro   Waves For Marmiba
1977   1968   1975
   
         
Murray Houlif        
Samba        
1980        
       
         
         
         

N

       
Snare Drum Solos        
Nick Ceroli        
Rudimental Contest Solo        
1964        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Nebojsa Zivkovic   Nebojsa Zivkovic   Niccolo Paganini
Macedona   Three Fantyastic Songs   Capricen
1987   1987   1981
   
         
Niel De Ponte        
Concertino For Marimba        
1978        
       
         
         

O

       
         
         

P

       
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Pablo De Sarasate   Perry Chappell   Perry Chappell
Zapateado   None But The Lonely Heart   Theme From The Polovetsian Dances
1990   1966   1966
   
         
Peter Tanner        
Sonata For Marimba        
1974        
       
         
         

Q

       
         
         

R

       
Drum Set Solos        
Rod Lincoln   Ronald Keezer    
Moods For Interaction   Chop City    
1985   1965    
     
         
Snare Drum Solos        
Robert McCormick   R.W. Buggert    
Aggressively Snare Drum Solo   Flinging It Threefold    
1976   1939    
     
         
Timpani Solos        
Richard Peterson        
Suite For Timpani        
1975        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
Rickey Tagawa   Robert McCormick   Robert Stern
Inspirations Diabolique'   Homage To Harry Partch   Adventures For One
1965   1976   1963
   
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Raymond Helble   Raymond Helble   Raymond Helble
Grand Fantasy In C Major   Preludes For Marimba   Sonata Brevis
1977   1977   1978
   
         
R Chapi   Richard Gipson   Rubank
Bunch Of Roses   Prayer   Marimba Solos
1938   1975   1935
   
         
         
         

S

       
Drum Set Solos        
Schmitt, Hall and McCreary Co   Shelly Ellias   Shelly Elias
Festival Rock   Siwe's Tweed   Suite For 3 Drum Sets
1971   1970   1969
   
         
Steve Gadd   Steve Gadd    
The Solo Drum Set   Variations On A "Crazy Army"    
1990   1990    
     
         
Snare Drum Solos        
Saul Feldstein   Slingerland Board Of Directors    
Our Director   Contest Solos    
1970        
     
         
Timpani Solos        
Saul Feldstein   Saul Feldstein   Saul Feldstein
Three Keys Timpani   Tune Up Timpani Solo   Two Spirituals Timpani And Piano
1971   1971   1971
   
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Saul Feldstein   Saul Feldstein   Saul Feldstein
Battle Hymn Of The Republic   Sea Sounds   Two And Four
1970   1971   1971
   
         
Saul Feldstein   Saul Feldstein   Sharda Brody
Water's Edge   When Johnny Comes Marching Home   Solfeggio In C Minor
    1971   1984
   
         
Sheldon Elias        
Herta's Parade        
1968        
       
         
         

T

       
Snare Drum Solos        
Todd Ukena        
Times Are Changing        
1990        
       
         
Timpani Solos        
Todd Ukena        
No II Fun For Solo Timpani        
1990        
       
         
Multi Percussion        
Thomas L. Davis        
Multi Percussion Suite No 1        
1973        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Thomas A Brown   Todd Ukena   Toru Takemitsu
Essence   Suite No 1   Sacrifice
1984       1967
   
         
         

U

       
         
         

V

       
Timpani Solos        
Vic Firth        
Sitrting Bull Solo Timpani        
1966        
       
         
         
         

W

       
Snare Drum Solos        
William J. Schinstine   William J Schinstine   William J. Schinstine
Evocation No 1   Evocation No 2   Futuristic Drum Solos
1979   1979   1953
   
         
William J. Schinstine        
Little Champ Snare Drum Solo        
1954        
       
         
Timpani Solos        
William J Schinstine   William J Schinstine    
Sonata No 2 For Timpani   Sonata No 3 For Timpani    
1977   1977    
     
         
Multi Percussion        
William Kraft        
Two Drum sin the Shape Of An Etude        
1975        
       
         
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Willard Musser   Willard Musser   William Schinstine
Third Handel Sonata   Third Handle Sonata   Southern Special Marmiba Solos
1966   1966   1984
   
         
         

x

       
         
         

y

       
Xylophone - Marimba- Vibes Solos        
Yoichi Hiraoka        
Pitfield Sonata        
1967        
       
         


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