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Everett Firth

perc, dr, GB
Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Everett "Vic" Firth Vic Firth

American classical percussionist, though he was also trained as a cornet, trombone, clarinet, and piano player. Head of the percussion department at the New England Conservatory from 1950, and founder of Vic Firth, Inc., a manufacturer of drum sticks and mallets, in 1963. He retired from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2002, after a 50 year tenure as timpanist. Born: 2nd June 1930 - Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Died: 26th July 2015 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [aged 85]

     
Instruments
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Piano
Genres
  • Classical
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
  • Jazz
Popular Tracks   
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Percussion in G Minor, FP 93: 2. Subito andante moderato - Live on Poulenc: Gloria For Soprano, Mixed Chorus And Orchestra; Concerto For Organ, Strings And Timpani In G Minor; Concert Champetre For Harpsichord And Orchestra by Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Preston, Everett Firth, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Percussion in G Minor, FP 93: I. Andante - Live on Poulenc: Gloria For Soprano, Mixed Chorus And Orchestra; Concerto For Organ, Strings And Timpani In G Minor; Concert Champetre For Harpsichord And Orchestra by Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Preston, Everett Firth, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Percussion in G Minor, FP 93: III. Tempo allegro, molto agitato - Live on Poulenc: Gloria For Soprano, Mixed Chorus And Orchestra; Concerto For Organ, Strings And Timpani In G Minor; Concert Champetre For Harpsichord And Orchestra by Francis Poulenc, Kathleen Battle, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Preston, Everett Firth, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Concerto For Organ, Strings And Percussion In G Minor: Andante - Edit / Live on Happy Bastille Day! by Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in G Minor on Classical Halloween Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Serge Koussevitzky, A Memoir, Pt. 2: Tapiola, Op. 112 - La Mer, L. 109 - Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" - Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 - El Salón México - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, Opp. 36 & 64, TH 27 & 29 (Excerpts) on Serge Koussevitzky Conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra by London Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Serge Koussevitzky
L'Histoire du soldat, Scène 1: Airs auprès du ruisseau on Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony in C Major, The Wedding, L'Histoire du soldat, Three Pieces & Concertino for String Quartet, Shakespeare Songs by Igor Stravinsky, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Václav Neumann, Zdenek Kosler & Tokyo String Quartet
L'Histoire du soldat: La marche du soldat on Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony in C Major, The Wedding, L'Histoire du soldat, Three Pieces & Concertino for String Quartet, Shakespeare Songs by Igor Stravinsky, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Václav Neumann, Zdenek Kosler & Tokyo String Quartet
L'Histoire du soldat, Scène 2: Marche royale on Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony in C Major, The Wedding, L'Histoire du soldat, Three Pieces & Concertino for String Quartet, Shakespeare Songs by Igor Stravinsky, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Václav Neumann, Zdenek Kosler & Tokyo String Quartet
L'Histoire du soldat, Scène 2: Pastorale on Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony in C Major, The Wedding, L'Histoire du soldat, Three Pieces & Concertino for String Quartet, Shakespeare Songs by Igor Stravinsky, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Václav Neumann, Zdenek Kosler & Tokyo String Quartet

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Sonata For 2 Pianos And Percussion / Divertimento For String OrchestraBéla Bartók - Ralph Votapek, Luise Vosgerchian, Everett Firth, Arthur Press, Harold Farberman, The Boston Chamber Ensemble1962Album
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