Those Orange Things In The Back

Many people and sources have made this site possible

History of the timpani

• Smith, Andy. "Instrument: Timpani". video. Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK). Accessed 7/28/18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40k3AAbA7tM
• "Timpani". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 7/28/18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani
• "Evolution Of The Timpani In The 18th And 19th Centuries". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 7/28/18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_timpani_in_the_18th_and_19th_centuries
• "Naqareh". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 7/28/18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naqareh
• "Yamaha Musical Instrument Guide: Timpani". Yamaha Corporation. Accessed 7/28/18. https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/timpani/

Technique (in addition to articles above)

• Foreman, Britt-marie. "interview". unpublished. 7/28/18
• Main, Lauretta. "interview". unpublished. 7/28/18.
• Samon, Eric. "interview". unpublished. 8/1/18

Image credits

• Collection of timpani mallets-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani#/media/File:Timpani_sticks.jpg
• Medieval timpani-https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Timpani_in_the_Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul_in_Vilnius.JPG
• Early Dresden timpani-https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/381/90201/46409352_1_x.jpg?version=1466448346&width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp
• Modern timpani-
  https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1923/5439/products/9d859667ed0c12915c169d403ba356982dc6c07299021ce41bc88df4862654c8.jpg?v=1530426890
• American Band College and Central Washington University logos-http://www.bandworld.org/ABC/View.aspx?p=ABC_Download
• Orange stock photo-https://www.freshpicks.com/orange-valencia-each.html
• photograph of the author from his personal collection
• All other images, including the playing and technique demonstrations and the Those Orange Things In The Back logo are the original work of the author
• All musical examples are the original work of the author.

All example pictures and all video examples performed by Eric Samson, director of bands at El Dorado High School, Placentia, CA unless stated otherwise.

Special thanks to Matthew Lackey (https://creatingmattlackey.com/) for his invaluable assistance with video and audio editing.

Special thanks to Lauretta Main, Britt-marie Foreman, Gregg Charest, Brian York, and the entire 2018 ABC perucssion section, without whose support and helpful advice this project would not have been possible.