timpani

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Looking for a MIDI / recording of Beethoven's triple concerto (op. 56) where the timpani are clearly audible.

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  1. plural noun A set of kettledrums.

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  • After the amorphous synthesizer opening, Vangelis is little-heard, using his keyboards only to support the large orchestra, 100-voice mixed choir, massed timpani, and the twin soprano leads of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • There will be special music by the Mid Coast Brass Quintet with timpani, Timbrel Ringers, Alleluia Choir and organ. —  Knox
  • The final result began after getting inspired by a piece entitled "The Hippo Strut," by Tito, a song founded on a timpani-induced bassline. —  10 Latest OverClocked ReMixes
  • Once I got a good start with the timpani, everything else sorta fell intro place. —  10 Latest OverClocked ReMixes
  • "Too much timpani, though," she added; whereupon warm cookies began to be served, and the question turned to why Mahler, if he so wanted to succeed his model, did not compose a march to warm cookies, or something like that. —  Dartblog
 

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  1. Italian, pl. of timpano, kettledrum, from Latin tympanum, drum; see tympanum.
 

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