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William Kraft, Percussionist and Force in New Music, Dies at 98

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Lamenting the abundance of what he called “rat-a-tat, boom-boom” music for drums, William Kraft set out to create more sophisticated offerings that would bring greater respect to instruments he felt were too often taken for granted in orchestras. “The days of percussionists being second-class …

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