timpani

Example Sentences

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Two men wrestled three large timpani drums up the steps to the space before the altar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025

Then, as the trumpets blared and the timpani went wild, a voice broke out from the conductor’s podium.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

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

The new rendition echoes that energy with “layers and layers of congas, bongos, triangles, detuned timpani and, like, six different shakers,” said Higham, who drew from percussionist Paul Clarvis’ vast collection of global instruments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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