Franz Krüger

Timpani and Snare Drum-Method

Timpani and Snare Drum-Method including Orchestral Studies by Prof. Franz Krüger for Timpani, Snare Drum, Glockenspiel and Xylophone Franz Krüger was born on 9. Dezember 1880 in Rosslau, (today Dessau) Germany. He was the first and solo timpanist with the State Opera Berlin as well as profsessor at the Staatlich Akademische Hochschule für Musik (State Academic College of Music, today Unversity of Arts) in Berlin from 1921 since 1940. In 1942 his former student Kurt Ulrich made up a compilation of his study materials for Timpani and Snaredrum with a collection of orchestral studies as well as practical exercises for timpani and snare drum. This was a way to pay tribute to his teacher. So, the Timpani and Snare Drum-Method by Prof. Franz Krüger accompanied several generations of timpani students. The exercises by Franz Krüger are very estimable until today in there combination of musicality and typically orchestral demands. His famous étude No.45 for timpani shows exemplary the standing of his excercises until today. This étude is already one of the main pieces for examinations in timpani. The selection of orchestral studies in the book offers a lot of indispensable pieces for courses of study in timpani and snaredrum.