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It beat down all his objections with the fury of a kettledrummer in a Wagnerian climax.
From Time Magazine Archive
A symphony orchestra without a kettledrummer, for instance, is about as helpless as a car without a carburetor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The kettledrummer of that day had a peculiar habit of breaking in before the rest of the orchestra.
From Musical Memories by Edwin Gile Rich
The count sent for the kettledrummer and questioned him.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
