(Meredith Music Resource). This timeless treatise on the professional secrets of percussion performance, written by two of America's most outstanding orchestral percussionists, provides the kind of information that before this book could only have been gained by years of public performance. Learn the many tricks of the trade and subtle nuances of artistic percussion performance through text and photos.

Preface -- Book 1 1865-March 1884 -- Book 2 March 1884-March 1895 -- Book 3 March 1895-April 1899 -- Book 4 April 1899-1901 -- Book 5 1902-January 1907 -- Book 6 January 1907-1912 -- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter -- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted -- Select Bibliography -- Index