Humanity has blown horns and trumpets of various makes and models, lengths and diameters since prehistoric times. In Horns and Trumpets of the World, the eminent scholar Jeremy Montagu surveys the vast range in time and type of this instrument that has accompanied everything in human history from the war cry to the formal symphony, from the hunting call to the modern jazz performance. No work on this topic offers as much detail or so many illustrations-over 150, in fact-of this remarkable instrument. Montagu's examination looks at horns constructed from seaweed, cane, bamboo, shell, wood,…mehr
Humanity has blown horns and trumpets of various makes and models, lengths and diameters since prehistoric times. In Horns and Trumpets of the World, the eminent scholar Jeremy Montagu surveys the vast range in time and type of this instrument that has accompanied everything in human history from the war cry to the formal symphony, from the hunting call to the modern jazz performance. No work on this topic offers as much detail or so many illustrations-over 150, in fact-of this remarkable instrument. Montagu's examination looks at horns constructed from seaweed, cane, bamboo, shell, wood, ivory, and metal and encompasses instruments of the Bible, from the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, and, following the Industrial Revolution, the modern era.
Jeremy Montagu is former Curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and Lecturer in the University of Oxford. A baritone and French horn player, he is a leading authority on the history and development of instruments and owner of one of the finest instrument collections in private hands. He is the author of several works on musical instruments, their construction and their history, including Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press 2001) and Origins and Development of Musical Instruments (Scarecrow Press 2007). He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and is President of the Galpin Society, the premier international society for the study of musical instruments.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Protocol of Measurements and Abbreviations Prelude Chapter 1: Seaweed, Bark, Cane, and Gourd, Chapter 2: Side-blown Horns Chapter 3: Shell Trumpets Chapter 4: Shorter End-blown Horns Chapter 5: Longer end-blown Trumpets Chapter 6: 'Orchestral' Trumpets and Slide Trombones Chapter 7: Orchestral Natural Horns Chapter 8: Valved Horns, Trumpets, and Trombones Chapter 9: Bugles and Cornets Chapter 10: Fingerhole Horns Chapter 11: Accessories Chapter 12: Playing Chapter 13: Bibliography Instrument Index Manufacturer Index Catalogue Numbers General Index