And when symphony orchestras expanded their size and composition, percussion music had further room to develop. But it was only at the beginning of this century that it achieved independent status. The first known formal composition for percussion in musical history came only in 1933.
等到交響樂團編制擴大，打擊樂也多了一點發揮，但是它獨立成為一門音樂表現，卻遲至本世紀初才開始，音樂史上記載的第一首打擊樂曲是作於一九三三年。