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Definition of Kettledrum

Kettledrum
Kettledrum Ket"tle*drum` (-dr[u^]m`), n. 1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are called tympani.

Meaning of Kettledrum from wikipedia

- Timpani (/ˈtɪmpəni/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtimpani]) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family...
- Kus (Persian کوس kūs) is an ancient Persian musical instrument, a large kettledrum similar to timpani. Kus is a Middle-Persian military term meaning "march"...
- bent outward at the upper ends called damka. Naqqārāt is the name of kettledrums in Arabic countries. Naqqārāt, hemispherical with the skin stretched...
- A Đông Sơn drum (Vietnamese: Trống đồng Đông Sơn, lit. 'Bronze drum of Đông Sơn'; also called Heger Type I drum) is a type of ancient bronze drum created...
- Kettledrum (1858–1885) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from August 1860 to September 1861 he ran eight times and...
- "Erika" is sung, there is a three beat pause, which is filled by the kettledrum or stamping feet (e.g. of marching soldiers), shown as (****) in the text...
- Missa in tempore belli (English: M**** in Time of War) is a setting of the m**** by Joseph Haydn. It is catalogued M**** No. 10 in C major (Hob. XXII:9)....
- Thavil Udukai Urumi (drum) Chande Davul Kachhi Dhol Nagara – pair of kettledrums Pambai – unit of two cylindrical drums Parai thappu, halgiframe drum...
- Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989) was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Wolfgang Neuss and Wolfgang Müller [de] (1922–1960) were a po****r...
- in ancient Greece and Rome Timpano, in music, singular of timpani, a kettledrum Sakia or saqiya, in Latin "tympanum", a water-raising device Larnaca Tympanum...