Bassoon

Name: Bassoon
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ISBN: 9780300118292

ISBN-10: 0300118295

ISBN-13: 9780300118292

Edition: 2012

Authors: James B. Kopp, James B. Kopp

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This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years of experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today's bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. He discusses the bassoon's makers, its players, its repertory, and its audiences, all in unprecedented detail.The bassoon was invented in Italy in response to the need for a bass-register double-reed woodwind suitable for marching. The author examines the acoustical consequences of various design changes to the instrument through later centuries. He also…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 7/31/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.72" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



List of illustrations and music examples


Preface


Acknowledgements


Author's note


Abbreviations


Introduction



Early names; precursors; the bassoon idea; the founding myth



The dulcian family



The bassoon idea: early relatives



The baroque bassoon



The classical bassoon, c.1760-1830



The scientific bassoon, c.1830-1900



A tale of two systems, 1900-1990



The bassoonist's world since 1990



The contrabassoon



The bassoon idea: relatives after mechanization



Smaller sizes of bassoon


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index