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Percussion Repertoire
Compiled by Colby Snider from the lists of Dr. Julie Hill, Dr. Josh Smith, and Professor James Campbell
Instrument Key
Difficulty Key
CSD
Concert
Snare Drum
1 and 2
Beginner
DS
Drumset
Beginner - Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate - Advanced
Advanced
Extremely Advanced
N/A
Not Applicable
Various - Applies to
collections of pieces.
MB
Method Book
DSC
GP
M
MF
MP
MTU
RSD
Drumset
Combo
General
Percussion
Marimba
Marimba and
Flute
Multi
Percussion
Marimba and
Tuba
Rudimental
Snare Drum
SD
Snare Drum
Timpani
Vibraphone
WP
World
Percussion
XY
Xylophone
Composer
Title
Instrument
Difficulty
Abe, Keiko
Dream of the Cherry
Blossoms
Frogs
Itsuki Fantasy for Six
Mallets
Little Windows
Kazak Lullaby
Marimba D'Amore
Michi
Prism
Prism Rhapsody
Variations on Japanese
Children's Songs
Wind in the Bamboo Grove
Aiello, Joseph
Classic African
Airto
The Spirit of Percussion
GP
MB
From My Little Island
Aldridge, Robert
Zoo Animals
5
6
Aleao, Keith
Advanced Etudes for Snare
Drum
CSD
Alfieri, John
Pereginations
MP
Andriessen, Louis
Woodpecker
Appice, Carmen
Realistic Rock
DS
MB
Asia, Daniel
Marimba Music
B
Bach, C.P.E.
Solfeggietto
Bach, J.S.
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major
Partita No. 1
Partita No. 3
Prelude in Bb Major
Prelude to Suite No. 1 for
Cello
Sonata No. 12 for Violin
Sonata in A Minor for Violin
Two Part Invention No. 4
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G
Minor
Bach, Jan
Turkish Music
MP
Bailey, Buster
Wrist Twisters
SD
MB
Bartok, Bella
Sonata for Two Pianos and
Percussion
MP
Batzner, Jay C.
Concerto for Timpani
Bazalon, Irwin
Suite for Marimba
Sonata for Timpani
Three Movements for Five
Timpani
Three Dances
CSD
Beck, John
Benson, Warren
After Syrinx II
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Concerto for Marimba
Berg, Daniel
Bergamo, John
5
5
Over the Moon
Four Pieces for Timpani
The Art and Joy of Hand
Drumming
WP
MB
4
Bergamo, John
Hand Drumming
Bissell, Paul
Bobo, Kevin
The Butterfly
MB
Balaphuge
Echoes
Gordon's Bicyle
Permutations for the
Advanced Marimbist
MB
Rhythmic Jambalaya
Seven Days
Boesmans, Philippe
Day Dreams
Bro, Jakob
China Town
DSC
N/A
Brown, David Edgar
Robert's Park
Brown, Thomas A.
Mexican Murals
Burghdorf, Gus
Battle of the Rising Sun
Burritt, Michael
Caritas
Four Movements for
Marimba
Marimbetudes
October Night
The Offering
Preludes
Scirocco
Bustamante / Cotto,
Orlando
Misionera
Cage, John
27'10.554" for a
Percussionist
C
MP
Raga #1
Cahn, Bill
Six Pieces for Solo Timpani
Nara
Cahn, William
MP
Partita
Cameron, Clayton
The New Language for
Playing Brushes
Blue Hammers
DS
T
Tangents
Engine Room
Campbell, James
MB
4
5
MP
Tork
Carroll, Raynor
4
4
Rudiments in Rhythm
RSD
MB
Three Symphonic Dances
CSD
Exercises, Etudes, and Solos
for Timpani
Orchestral Repertoire for
Accessories
Orchestral Repertoire for
Bass Drum and Cymbals
Orchestral Repertoire for
Glockenspiel
Orchestral Repertoire for the
Snare Drum
Orchestral Repertoire for the
Xylophone
MB
N/A
N/A
GP
N/A
N/A
N/A
Carter, Elliot
Eight Pieces for Timpani
Carullo, Ferdinando /
Kite
Andante
Charles, David
Conga, Bongo, Timbale
Techniques
WP
MB
Sea of Trees
Chen, Sharon
The Swallow
Variations on "Little Golden
Oriole"
Cirone, Anthony
Portraits in Rhythm
6
6
CSD
MB
Colgrass, Michael
Six Unaccompanied Solos
for Snare Drum
CSD
One For Paquito
Combs, J.C.
Reflections
V
5
Three Brothers
5
5
Corea, Chick
Matrix
DSC
N/A
Cotto, Orlando
Marimba for an Angel
Crapp, Kelyn
Rise and Shine
DSC
Creston, Paul
Concertino for Marimba
D
Daughtrey, Nathan
Mountain Paths
Davila, Julie
Impressions on Wood
MB
Davis, Miles
Nardin
DSC
Davis, Thomas
Recital for Vibrapharp
De Vos Malan, Jacques
Mobile Structures III
Etude for a Quiet Hall
Three Shells
Deane, Christopher
5
M
Process of Invention
The Apocryphal Stil Life
Dis Qui Etude
Mourning Dove Sonnet
Debussy, Claude /
Stevens
6
5
Prelude for Four Timpani
Children's Corner
Love of L'Histoire
MP
Rosewood Blues
DeLancey, Charles
Delcluse, Jacques
Douze Etudes pour CaisseClaire
CSD
DeSantis, Dennis
Clock Face Without Hands
Diemer, Emma Lou
Toccata for Marimba
Dietz, Brett
Metamorphosis
Donatoni, Franco
Marie
DS
MB
MP
Marimba Dances
More Marimba Dances
Erickson, Robert
Dunbar's Delight
Etezady, Roshanne
Hot Water, Burn Baby
MF
Etler, Alvin
XL Plus One
MP
Druckman, Jacob
Drummers Collective
Duckworth, William
Reflections on the Nature of
Water
Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian
Rhythms
Time Fields
E
Edwards, Ross
Concerto for Marimba
Ewazen, Eric
6
M
Northern Lights
F
Feldman, Morton
The King of Denmark
MP
Fink, Ron
Timpani Tuning and Etudes
MB
Firth, Vic
The Solo Timpanist
MB
Fissinger, Alfred J.
Suite for Marimba
Motion Beyond
Ford, Mark
Polaris
Ransom
5
M
5
4
Air Sculpture
The Christmas Song
Friedman, David
5
M
Izgalom
4
4
Mirror from Another
V
V
Vibraphone Technique
MB
Concerto for Marimba
National Overture
Ground
MP
Frock, George
Fukushi, Norio
G
Garibaldi, Dave
Future Sounds
DS
MB
Gauthreaux, Guy
Recital Suite
SD
Gershwin, George
I love you Porgy
DSC
N/A
Carillon
Gibson, Gary
Gipson, Richard
Snowbird
6
V
Wallflower
Monograph III
Monograph IV
Prayer
3
4
Altered Echoes
Reflections
Three Chorales
Glassock, Lynn
Glennie, Evelyn
Blues for Gilbert
Broken Silence
Glentworth, Mark
5
V
Ilmo
Glentworth, Mark
Sunbell
Goldenberg, Morris
Gomez, Alice
Modern School for Marimba,
Xylophone, and Vibraphone
Modern School for Snare
Drum
5
M
MB
CSD
MB
Etude in D Minor
Gitano for Marimba
Marimba Flamenca
Mbira Song
Rain Dance
Modern Method for Timpani
MB
Ballade for the Dancer
Gotlieb, Beth
Masterworks for Mallets
Gotto, Yo
A Rainy Perspective
Goodman, Saul
Irrelevant
Gottry, Josh
4
M
Extra Spices, Please!
Gregory, Brad
Green, George Hamilton
The Discordant Psyche
4
MP
Cahrleston Capers
Chromatic Fox Trot
Dotty Dimples
Instruction Course for
Xylophone
XY
MB
Stop Time
Valse Brillant
The Whistler
Grieg, Edvard / Houliff
Elfin Dance, Op. 12
Grimo, Steve
Cortege
10
Gronemeier, Dean
Nature Alley
Gwin, Steven
The True Lover's Farewell
H
Edge on a Corrugated Box
Hamilton, Bruce
6
MP
Funketude
Hannigan, Steafan
The Bodhran Book
WP
MB
Harding, Scott
Walk Suite
Hatch, Earl
Furioso and Valse
Hatzis, Christopher
Fertility Rites
Heider, Werner
Laudate Lignum
Helble, Raymond
Sonata Brevis
Henze, Hans Werner
Five Scenes from the Snow
Country
Hernandez, Horatio
Conversations in Clave
DS
MB
Hersh, Howard
Run!
Hill, Julie / Campbell,
James
Multi Percussion: A World
View
MP
Dusting the Connecting Link
MP
Holinden, Dave
Cold Pressed
5
MP
Six Ides
Holly, Rich
Houghton, Steve
Rondo for Timpani
5
T
21st Century Recital Series
The Drumset Soloist
MB
Essential Styles, Books 1
and 2
MB
Oceanus
Studio and Big Band
Drumming
DS
5
MB
Houghton, Steve
DS
11
The Ultimate Drumset
Reading Anthology
Houliff, Murray
Huesgen, Tim
Contest Solos for the
Intermediate Mallet Player
Contest Solos for the Young
Mallet Player
MB
4
3
M
Six Estudios
Two Pieces
Trilogy
Paganini Personal
Rhythm Gradation
Igoe, Tommy
Groove Essentials, Books 1
and 2
DS
MB
Ishii, Maki
Thirteen Drums
MP
I
Ichiyanagi, Toshi
J
Jaeger, David
Lyrics
K
Kinkelder, Dolf de
Touch
Kite, Rebecca
Anthology of Lute and
Guitar Music for Marimba
Reading Mallet Percussion
Music
V
MB
Dances of Earth and Fire
4
M
Klatzow, Peter
Kraft, William
Kopetzki, Exkhard
Inyanga
Figures in a Landscape
MF
English Suite
MP
French Suite
MP
Variations for King George
Three Movements for a Solo
Dancer
12
Canned Heat
6
MP
Topf-Tanz
Kreisler, Fritz
Tambourin
5
M
L
Lang, David
The Anvil Chorus
MP
Lansky, Paul
Three Moves for Marimba
LaRosa, Michael
Suite for Solo Snare Drum
SD
Larson, Keith
Suite Mexicana
Latham, Rick
Advanced Funk Studeis
DS
MB
Leake, Jerry
Clave
WP
MB
Lee, Thomas Oboe
Preludios
Contemporary Album for
Snare Drum
SD
Canticle
Lindroth, Scott
Bell Plates
MP
Levitan, Daniel
Opening Day
Lund, Erik
Due Process
MP
Lymon, Antonio C.
Of Thoughts and Thinking
See Ya Thursday
Latin Journey
MP
Suite for Timpani
Leonard, Stanley
M
Mackey, Steven
Mancini, David
My Lady White
Maslanka, David
4
M
Variations on Lost Love
Msson, skell
Prim for Snare Drum
6
CSD
13
Frum: A Drum Song
MP
Mattioli, Paulo
West Afrrican Djembe
Drumming
WP
MB
Mauzumi, Toshiro
Concertino for Xylophone
XY
McBride, David
Ever Inward
McCarthey, Daniel
Rimbalsy
McKenzie, Jack
Paths I & II
MP
Master Pieces for Marimba
McMillan, Thomas
Metcalf, Joanne
Metzger, Jon
Percussion Keyboard
Technique
MB
M
MB
Floating and Grooving
The Art and Language of
Playing Jazz Vibes
MB
Five Easy Two Mallet Pieces
3
M
Double East
Michalek, Shawn
Black and Blue
Milhaud, Darius
Concerto for Percussion
MP
Marimba Spiritual
Miki, Minoru
5
M
Time for Marimba
Miyake, Kazunori
Chain
5
M
Conversations
Miyoshi, Akira
3
M
Torse III
Blue Camp, Vibe Songs
Molenhof, Bill
4
V
Waltz King
Bright Mississippi
Monk, Thelonious
4
DSC
Well, You Needn't
Monkman, Jesse
Nocturnal Dance
4
M
14
Ostinato
Parody
Moore, Dan
Almost Calypso
Morello, Joe
Master Studies
DS
MB
Muramatsu, Takatsugu
Land
Etude, Op. 6, No. 8
Etude, Op. 6, No. 9
Etude, Op. 11
Etude, Op. 11, No. 4
Musser, Claire Omar
4
M
Etude in Ab Major
Etude in B Major
Etude in C Major
Prelude, Op. 11, No. 7
N
Nexus
Portfolio for Snare Drum
SD
Niimi, Takuhide
For Marimba I and II
Noda, T.
Mattinata
Norgard, Per
Waves
MP
Norton, Christopher
November Evening
Nozny, Brian
Points of Consistency
MP
Nuyts, Frank
Pamplona
O
O'Donnell, Rosie
Microtimbre
MP
O'Brien, Eugene
Rhyme and Reason
15
O'Meara, Richard
Restless
Oliviero
Dantreume Leu Pliska
CSD
MB
GP
MB
Capriccio
MTU
Fundamental Method for
Tympani
MB
P
Payson, Al
Penn, William
Snare Drum in the Concert
Hall
Techniques of Playing Bass
Drum, Cymbals, etc.
Sea Refractions
Sonata Allegro
Peters, Mitchell
Teardops
Waves
Yellow After the Rain
Petrella, Nick
The Multiple-Percussion
Book
MP
MB
Peyton, Jeffrey
The Musical Timpanist
Piazzola, Astor / Morelo
Five Miniatures
Pratt, John S.
14 Modern Contset Solos
SD
Q
Quarier, Bart
Image (20 Pieces)
R
Ramey, Philip
Sonata
Reed, Ted
Syncopation
DS
MB
Reynolds, Roger
Autumn Island
Rice, Dwayne
Variations for Marimba
Ridley, Steve
Animism For Prepared
Timpanis and Tape
16
Ridout, Alan
Sonatina for Timpani
Art of Bop Drumming
Riley, John
Robinson, N. Scott
4
MB
DS
Beyond Bop Drumming
MB
Handful
Il Mano
WP
Shaken, Not Stirred
5
5
Rohwaer, Nils
Dama-Dance
Rolfe, James
The Connection
Concerto for Marimba
Suite Popular Brasileria
Seven Brazilian Children's
Songs
Rosauro, Ney
4
M
3
Three Preludes
Bem-vindo
5
V
Prelude and Blues
Cenas Amerindias
5
MP
S
Samuels, Dave
Sammut, Eric
Footpath
Cameleon
Four Rotations for Marimba
Libertango
Revolutionary Etude
Stroboscope
Sanderbeck, Rande
Homage to Max
DS
Schinstine, Eilliam J.
Icy Crystals
17
Schmitt, Matthias
Ghania
Marimbology
Phantasmata
MV
The Album for the Young
Velocities
Concerto for Percussion
MP
Schuller, Gunther
Schumann, Robert
Schwantner, Joseph
Katamiya
Sejourne, Emmanuel
Nancy
4
M
Three African Songs
4
4
Serry, John
Therapy
MP
Shinstine, William
Recital Suite for Solo Snare
Drum
SD
Sifler, Paul
Marimba Suite
Etude No. 1
Etude No. 2
Smadbeck, Paul
Smart, Gary
M
Rhythm Song
Virginia Tate
The Seasons
Good Night
The Noble Snare Drum
CSD
Essential Techniques for
Drumset
DS
MB
After the Storm
Brothers in Peace
Spiro, Michael
The Conga Drummer's
Guide Book
WP
MB
Stansgaard, Kai
Triglyf I
Smith, Stuart Saunders
Soph, Ed
Spencer, Julie
18
Stasack, Jennifer
Six Elegies Dancing
Steinholtz, Jerry
The Essence of Playing
Congas
WP
MB
Stern, Robert
Adventures for One
MP
Method of Movement
MB
Rhythmic Caprice
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
#9 Zyklus
MP
Stone, George
Stick Control
SD
MB
Stevens, Leigh Howard
Stout, Gordon
Astral Dance
Basically Broke Blues
Beads of Glass
Etude No. 12
Four Episodes for Marimba
Ideo-Kinetics, A Workbook
for Marimba Technique
MB
Rumble Strips
Sedimental Structures
Two Mexican Dances
Sueyoshi, Yasyo
Mirage pour Marimba
Tafoya, John
The Working Timpanist's
Survival Guide
MB
Tagwa, Ricky
Inspirations Diabolique
MP
Takemitsu, Toru
Gitmalya
Tanaka, Toshimitsu
Two Movements for Marimba
Sonata for Marimba and
Piano
Diversions for Flute and
Marimba
MF
Tanner, Peter
19
Tanner, Peter
Sonata
Tchaikovsky, Peter
The Album for the Young
Thomas, Andrew
Merlin
Tsubonoh, Katsuhiro
Meniscus
Anubis
Tyson, Blake
Cloud Forest
5
M
A Cricket Sang and Set the
Sun
5
4
Udow, Micahel
Contemporary Percussionist
MP
Ukena, Todd
Tempest
Uribe, Ed
The Essence of Afro-Cuban
Percussion and Drumset
The Essence of Brazilian
Percussion and Drumset
DS
Van Halen Transcription
Series
Etuden fur Vibraphone
MB
Etuden for Xylophone
XY
MB
The Fantastic World of
Frame Drums
WP
MB
MB
MB
Van Halen, Edwaed
Veigl, Walter
Velez
Khan Variations
Viao, Alejandro
7
M
Tumblers
Volans, Kevin
She Who Sleeps with a
Small Blanket
MP
The Summer Winds
Wagoner, W. Sean
Crystal Butterfly
Wahlund, Ben
5
M
With Sunshine in His Face
20
Washington, Ned
Stella by Starlight
DSC
Weir, Martin
Internal Evidence
Fabian Theory
Westlake, Nigel
5
M
Hinchbrook Riffs
Whaley, Garwood
Williams, B. Michael
Williams, Jan
The Art of Bass Drum and
Cymbal Playing
The Art of Percussion
Accessory Playing
The Art of Tambourine and
Traingle Playing
Recital Solos for Snare
Drum
6
MB
GP
MB
MB
SD
Recital Pieces for Mallets
Musical Studies for the
Intermediate Tipmanist
MB
Another New Riq
Bodhran Dance
Four Solos for Frame Drums
WP
Learning Mbira
MB
Recital Suite for Djembe
Variations for Solo
Kettledrums
Psappha
Xenakis, Iannis
6
MP
Rebonds
Y
Youhass, William
Four Pieces for Timpani
Young, VictorYuyama,
Akira
Divertimento for Marimba
and Alto Saxophone
MS
Zeltsman, Nancy
Four Mallet Marimba Playing
MB
21
Intermediate Masterworks
for Mallets, Volume I
Intermediate Masterworks
for Mallets, Volume II
Zivkoic, Nebosja Jovan
V
V
10 Etudes for Snare Drum
CSD
Funny Mallets for
Xylophone, Volume I
XY
Funny Mallets for
Vibraphone, Volume 1
V
V
Suomineito
Der Phanastische Lieder
Funny Mallets for Marimba,
Volumes I and II
V
M
Ilijas
Ultimatum
Pezzo da Concerto
Generally Spoken, It's
Nothing but Rhythm
SD
6
MP
To The Gods of Rhythm
Zorro
The Commandments of R &
B Drumming
5
DS
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