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Xylophone - Background, History, Raw Materials, The Manufacturing Process, Quality Control, Byproducts/Waste |
 | | Western composers did not "discover" the xylophone or begin writing classical music for it until the mid-1800s. |
| | The Russian composers Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978) and Igor Fydorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971) experimented with many percussive types in their pioneering forays into modern Russian compositions. |
| | Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" from his ballet called "Gayane Suite" has a challenging xylophone part, and Stravinsky's ballet "Petrouchka" includes his best-known use of this unusual instrument. |
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