Percussion ensemble
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A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, it commonly refers to groups of classically trained per
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Gocoo in concert
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The Toccata for Percussion Instruments, was written by the twentieth-century Mexican composer Carlos Chávez. It is among his most popular compositions. The composition is written for six musicians pla
Percussion ensemble
…third (1941) Constructions, Harrison's Fugue for Percussion (1941), as well as Cage and Harrison's collaboration Double Music (1941). Carlos Chávez's Toccata (1942) has also remained a standard work. In the post-war period, many new works were composed for percussion ensemble. In 1960, Alberto Ginastera…
Portrait of Carlos Chávez by Carl van Vechten (1937)