Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments

Name: Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
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ISBN: 9780521565226

ISBN-10: 0521565227

ISBN-13: 9780521565226

Edition: 1997

Authors: Trevor Herbert, John Wallace, Jonathan Cross

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Although the greatest part of this volume is devoted to the western art music tradition, there are important contributions on the ancient world, non-western music, vernacular and popular traditions, and the rise of jazz.

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 6.93" wide x 9.69" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of illustration


Note on the contributor


Preface


Acknowledgements


Nomenclatures


Introduction




Lip-vibrated instruments of the ancient and non-western world




How brass instrument work




Design, technology and manufacture before 1800




Bnass instruments in art music in the Middle Ages




The cornett




ï¿½Sackbufï¿½: the early trombone




The trumpet before 1800




The horn in the Baroque and Classical periods




Design, technology and rnanufacture since l800




Keyed brass




The low brass




Brass in the modern orchestra




Brass bands and other vernacular brass traditions




Playing, learning and teaching brass




The post-classica1 horn




Jazz, improvisation and brass




Brass solo and chamber music from l800




Frontiers or byways? Brass instrurnents in avant-garde music



Glossary


Notes


Select bibliography


Index