Musical, Non - Musical and Audiovisual Elements Used in Compositions for Percussions in the 20th and 21st Century

My doctoral thesis deals mainly music for percussion 20th and 21st centuries. It provides professional public insight into the occurrence and the practical use of musical and non-musical elements in connection with the possibilities of ever growing range of audio-visual elements. On the example of analyzing several premiere works by Czech composers shows the possible developments of this kind of composition. It also discusses the general benefit of the media world to the world of classical music