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marimbist — noun see marimba … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pius Cheung — (Chinese name: ; b. 1982) is a marimbist and composer. BiographyBorn in Hong Kong, Pius Cheung started to learn piano at age five and marimba at age nine at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. At age 10, he made his solo debut as a… … Wikipedia
Vida Chenoweth — (born c. 1929) was the first classical marimbist, also a noted ethnomusicologist and linguist. She is credited with bringing the marimba to public acceptance as a serious concert instrument.Born in Enid, Oklahoma, she moved to New Guinea as a… … Wikipedia
marimba — noun Etymology: of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu marimba xylophone Date: 1704 a xylophone of southern Africa and Central America with resonators beneath each bar; also a modern form of this instrument • marimbist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Percussion instrument — Percussion redirects here. For other uses, see Percussion (disambiguation). A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets… … Wikipedia
Vibraphone — Infobox instrument name=Vibraphone names=Vibraharp, Vibes image capt=A typical vibraphone color=#FFEC8B classification=Percussion instrument (Idiophone) range= related= musicians= builders= articles=The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp… … Wikipedia
Timpani — Infobox Instrument name=Timpani names=Kettle drum, Timp classification= *Percussion instrument *Membranophone range= related= *Kus *Naqareh *NakerTimpani (also known colloquially as kettledrums or kettle drums) are musical instruments in the… … Wikipedia
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Leigh Howard Stevens — (LHS, born March 9 1953) in Orange, New Jersey, and is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser Stevens grip, a method of independent four mallet marimba performance based on the Musser… … Wikipedia
