Trevor Herbert

The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments

Herausgeber: Cross, Jonathan; Herbert, Trevor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BRASS INSTRUMENTS provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Much of the volume is devoted to the way brass instruments have been used in classical music, but there are also important contributions on the ancient world, non-Western music, vernacular and popular traditions, and the rise of jazz. 42 photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780521565226
• ISBN-10: 0521565227
• Artikelnr.: 21080713

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Notes on the contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Nomenclatures
Introduction Trevor Herbert and John Wallace
1. Lip-vibrated instruments of the ancient and non-western world Margaret Sarkissian
2. How brass instruments work Arnold Myers
3. Design, technology and manufacture before 1800 Robert Barclay
4. Brass instruments in art music in the Middle Ages Keith Polk
5. The cornett Bruce Dickey
6. 'Sackbut': the early trombone Trevor Herbert
7. The trumpet before 1800 Edward H. Tarr
8. The horn in the Baroque and Classical periods Thomas Hiebert
9. Design, technology and manufacture since 1800 Arnold Myers
10. Keyed brass Ralph T. Dudgeon
11. The low brass Clifford Bevan
12. Brass in the modern orchestra Simon Wills
13. Brass bands and other vernacular brass traditions Trevor Herbert
14. Playing, learning and teaching brass Ralph T. Dudgeon, Phillip Eastop, Trevor Herbert and John Wallace
15. The post-classical horn Robert Evans
16. Jazz, improvisation and brass Roger T. Dean
17. Brass solo and chamber music from 1800 John Wallace
18. Frontiers or byways? Brass instruments in avant-garde music Simon Wills
Glossary
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.