Timpani: A History in Pictures and Document

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Summary: Musical scores, artworks, and the text of primary sources
Review: The Timpani: A History In Pictures And Documents by expert musicologist and iconographer Edmund A. Bowles, is a fascinating, comprehensive, and informative compendium enhanced historical documents, more than 400 black-and-white photographs, years of meticulous research, making it an enduring legacy concerning the history of orchestral timpani musical instruments and instrumentation. Some narrative and informational text offers an overview of the history and evolution of the timpani, but The Timpani largely consists of musical scores, artworks, and the text of primary sources presented "as is" for the reader's judgement. A seminal contribution to academic Music History reference collections, The Timpani is strongly recommended as a core reference title.