timpani
Example Sentences
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Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
The show in the conservatory’s packed auditorium opened with models in punk attire walking through the auditorium to timpani drumbeats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
For an exciting set piece where Thing follows the seemingly not-murdered boy into a train station, Elfman chased the action with dancing strings, pulsing voices, timpani and a high-speed harpsichord solo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
My head was in the pit, wanting to talk to the timpani player.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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