Timpani – Sheet Music, Tuition Books & Scores

“The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place.” Hector Berlioz

The fact that Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen spent most of his time peering over the shoulder of Berlioz’s timpanist just goes to show that the best seat in the orchestra, for amateurs, professionals and royalty alike, is firmly at the helm of the timpani. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover the wonderful world of the timpani today!

A brief history of the Timpani

The word timpani comes from the Greek “tumpanon”, meaning “hand drum”, which in turn derives from the verb “tuptō”, which literally means “to hit”. The timpani is a set of large drums with a membrane, of either animal skin or plastic, stretched over a bowl, most commonly made of copper, and is played using mallets.

The first timpani style instruments, the Arabic “naqqara” came to Europe in the 13th Century. They were small, hand-held drums, which were quickly adopted by the military, and used in marching bands. By the 16th Century, the timpani became larger, and rather than being rudimentarily nailed together, the membrane began to be held in place by hoops and screws, allowing the drums to be tuned. The timpani began to feature more and more in classical music, and by the end of the 18th Century, they had firmly established themselves as the corner stone of every classical percussion section.

A few hits for Timpani

Orchester-Probespiel Pauke

Orchester-Probespiel Pauke

Collection of important passages from opera and concert literature

for: Timpani [percussion]

Music score

Item no.: 353893

28.50 €plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de )
Arend Weitzel - Learn Timpani

Übung 4

Arend Weitzel

Learn Timpani

A Modern Method for Beginners

for: Timpani; piano ad lib.

Music lesson book, piano accompaniment, play-along CD

Item no.: 605934

19.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Heinrich Knauer - 85 Übungen
Heinrich Knauer

85 Übungen

für Pauken

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 392909

14.30 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Pauken-Probespiel

Pauken-Probespiel

Orchesterstellen, Etüden, Klavierauszüge, Wirbel
(z.T. mit Klavier)

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 674309

29.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Orchestral Excerpts For Timpani

Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance

Orchestral Excerpts For Timpani

for: Timpani

Music score, CD

Item no.: 565170

53.95 €plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de )
Saul Goodman - Modern Method for Tympani
Saul Goodman

Modern Method for Tympani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 403586

26.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
John H. Beck - Concepts for Timpani
John H. Beck

Concepts for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 158351

34.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
1st Recital Series for Timpani

Twilight Outrider (Demo)

1st Recital Series for Timpani

Solos for Beginning through Early Intermediate lev

for: Timpani

Book, CD

Item no.: 368070

19.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Nick Woud - Symphonic Studies for Timpani
Nick Woud

Symphonic Studies for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 327998

24.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Arend Weitzel - tr... – The Timpani Roll
Arend Weitzel

tr... – The Timpani Roll

Übungen für Wirbeltiere

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 559140

16.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Jacques Delécluse - 30 Studies for Timpani 1
Jacques Delécluse

30 Studies for Timpani 1

Volume 1

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 459137

20.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Keith Bartlett - 50 Short Pieces for Timpani
Keith Bartlett

50 Short Pieces for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 603325

16.70 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Mitchell Peters - Fundamental Solos For Timpani
Mitchell Peters

Fundamental Solos For Timpani

for: Timpani

Item no.: 297063

12.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–5 weeks
Solobook for Timpani 1

Solobook for Timpani 1

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 357131

16.00 €plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de )
Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem op. 45
Johannes Brahms

A German Requiem op. 45

with timpani part
compatible with the piano vocal score EB 9362 of the Urtext edition

for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, timpani

Score

Item no.: 1012536

87.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Tomáš Chmura - Playground

Das Hündchen (Demo)

Tomáš Chmura

Playground

for the Beginner on the Timpani
with Piano Accompaniment

for: Timpani, piano

Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)

Item no.: 692680

8.25 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Keith Bartlett - 50 More Short Pieces for Timpani
Keith Bartlett

50 More Short Pieces for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 190550

18.10 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Anthony J. Cirone - Portraits for Timpani
Anthony J. Cirone

Portraits for Timpani

50 Studies for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 941052

16.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–5 weeks
Vic Firth - The Solo Timpanist
Vic Firth

The Solo Timpanist

26 Etudes

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 290458

21.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Mitchell Peters - Primal Mood
Mitchell Peters

Primal Mood

for: 4 timpani

Music score

Item no.: 426100

8.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Johannes Brahms - Orchesterstudien für Schlaginstrumente: Brahms
Johannes Brahms

Orchesterstudien für Schlaginstrumente: Brahms

for: Timpani [percussion]

Music score

Item no.: 368963

14.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Weitzel Arend - 10 Zumutungen In Uebungsform Fuer Pauken
Weitzel Arend

10 Zumutungen In Uebungsform Fuer Pauken

for: Timpani

Item no.: 587047

12.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Murray Houllif - Contest Solos For The Young Timpanist
Murray Houllif

Contest Solos For The Young Timpanist

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 579519

12.40 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Garwood Whaley - Primary handbook for Timpani
Garwood Whaley

Primary handbook for Timpani

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 576903

16.05 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Jan Zegalski - 30 Studies
Jan Zegalski

30 Studies

for: 4 timpani

Music score

Item no.: 456793

15.60 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
John Ness Beck - Three Movements
John Ness Beck

Three Movements

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107644

10.65 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Garwood Whaley - Primary Handbook for Timpani

Single-Stroke Study 2

Garwood Whaley

Primary Handbook for Timpani

A Beginning Method

for: Timpani

Music lesson book, online playback

Item no.: 339910

21.35 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Garwood Whaley - Solos and Duets for Timpani
Garwood Whaley

Solos and Duets for Timpani

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 479688

16.05 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Brian Slawson - Dynamic Solos for Timpani
Brian Slawson

Dynamic Solos for Timpani

Percussion Performance Series

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 609311

12.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani

Symphonic Repertoire for Timpani

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107720

26.70 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Six Concert Pieces for Solo Timpani

Six Concert Pieces for Solo Timpani

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107695

21.35 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Sandy Feldstein - Firth-Feldstein Percussion Series
Sandy Feldstein

Firth-Feldstein Percussion Series

Timpani Book

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1061597

9.90 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
20th Century Orchestra Studies

20th Century Orchestra Studies

For Timpani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 317914

22.50 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Romantic Symphonies for Timpani

Romantic Symphonies for Timpani

Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 399627

18.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Arend Weitzel - Playing Timpani
Arend Weitzel

Playing Timpani

A Practice Compendium

for: Timpani

Music score (anthology)

Item no.: 817134

29.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Darius Milhaud et al. - Percussion Masterclass
Darius Milhaud, Elliott Carter, Igor Strawinsky

Percussion Masterclass

works by Carter, Milhaud & Stravinsky

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107626

26.70 €plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de )
Harvey S. Whistler - Rubank Elementary Method Timpani
Harvey S. Whistler

Rubank Elementary Method Timpani

A Fundamental Course for Individual or Like-Instrument Class Instruction

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 560363

9.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Garwood Whaley - Fundamental Studies for Timpani
Garwood Whaley

Fundamental Studies for Timpani

Sudien und Übungen

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1346184

27.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Arend Weitzel - Pauken ohne Pauken
Arend Weitzel

Pauken ohne Pauken

Practice Timpani without Timps - additional Methods

for: Timpani

Book

Item no.: 666468

19.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Garwood Whaley - Scherzo For Timpani (Medium)
Garwood Whaley

Scherzo For Timpani (Medium)

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107605

10.65 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Friedrich Hartung - School for Pedal Timpani
Friedrich Hartung

School for Pedal Timpani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 196553

16.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Garwood Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist
Garwood Whaley

Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist

Sudien und Übungen

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1346183

27.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
John Tafoya - The Working Timpanist's Survival Guide
John Tafoya

The Working Timpanist's Survival Guide

A Practical Approach to Audition Excerpts for the Orchestral Timpanist

for: Timpani

Music lesson book, demo CD

Item no.: 638570

39.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Richard Hochrainer - Etüden für Timpani 1
Richard Hochrainer

Etüden für Timpani 1

Wiener Schlagwerkschule

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 283201

23.25 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Classic Symphonies For Timpani

Classic Symphonies For Timpani

Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 399626

17.99 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
Arend Weitzel - Pastimes with good timpani
Arend Weitzel

Pastimes with good timpani

Rhythmic accuracy through flowing movements

for: Timpani

Music lesson book

Item no.: 1346343

19.80 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Mitchell Peters - Fundamental Method for Timpani
Mitchell Peters

Fundamental Method for Timpani

for: Timpani

Music lesson book (spiral binding)

Item no.: 261382

48.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
The Tuneful Timpanist

The Tuneful Timpanist

Meredith Music Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 1107636

13.95 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Siegfried Fink - Timpani-Suite
Siegfried Fink

Timpani-Suite

Solo for Percussion

for: Timpani

Music score

Item no.: 130331

11.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de )
Manuel Grund - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Demo

Manuel Grund

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

for: Timpani

Ensemble score

Item no.: 1009313

12.00 €plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de )
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