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. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers.
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"...a noteworthy addition to the literature." K.R. Dietrich, Choice
"...the Cambridge Companion contains a very broad survey of the field of brass instruments, with contributions from some of the finest scholars and performers on brass instruments from the United Kingdom and America. This volume is an excellent resource for anyone with minimal knowledge of music....the articles themselves provide balanced views of the subjects at hand. All of the articles are topnotch, with several special highlights....an extremely useful and engaging book. The editors and authors alike are to be congratulated for the balanced scholarship and user-friendly language they have created. This book is valuable to brass enthusiasts of all persuasions." Jeffrey Snedeker, Historic Brass Society Journal
"The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments is a strong volume and would be a valuable addition to any library on instruments." John Q. Ericson, Journal of the American Musical Instruments Society
"...the Cambridge Companion contains a very broad survey of the field of brass instruments, with contributions from some of the finest scholars and performers on brass instruments from the United Kingdom and America. This volume is an excellent resource for anyone with minimal knowledge of music....the articles themselves provide balanced views of the subjects at hand. All of the articles are topnotch, with several special highlights....an extremely useful and engaging book. The editors and authors alike are to be congratulated for the balanced scholarship and user-friendly language they have created. This book is valuable to brass enthusiasts of all persuasions." Jeffrey Snedeker, Historic Brass Society Journal
"The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments is a strong volume and would be a valuable addition to any library on instruments." John Q. Ericson, Journal of the American Musical Instruments Society
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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. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers.
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On one level this is disappointing compared with, say, the Oxford companions to various subjects, being a series of detailed essays that leave large gaps between them. But taken along with Baines's classic, it documents a lot of significant stuff, notably the role of brasswinds in avant garde music. Don't buy it first -- but do buy it second (if only because this is a field whose entire available English-language literature is feweer than a dozen books)
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When we hear the term 'brass instruments', most of us think first of standard western instruments such as the trumpet or trombone, polished precision instruments with valves or slides. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flatt trumpet, brasswind instrument, keyed trumpet, della trombetta, keyed bugle, mute cornett, early trombone, brass instrument makers, brass instrument making, two cornetts, slide trumpet, cor alto, bore profile, natural trumpet, brass writing, slide instrument, trumpet sonata, valve horn, brass band movement, brass playing, shawm players, tuba family, valved instruments, brass musicians, alto trombone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Miles Davis, New York, Louis Armstrong, Middle Ages, Richard Strauss, Alexander Technique, Dizzy Gillespie, Adolphe Sax, Joseph Haydn, Paris Conservatoire, Dennis Brain, Franz Strauss, Freddie Hubbard, Low Countries, New Orleans, Philip Jones, Anton Weidinger, Augustein Schubinger, Civil War, First World War, Gil Evans, Leo Smith, Second World War, Third Symphony New!
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When we hear the term 'brass instruments', most of us think first of standard western instruments such as the trumpet or trombone, polished precision instruments with valves or slides. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flatt trumpet, brasswind instrument, keyed trumpet, della trombetta, keyed bugle, mute cornett, early trombone, brass instrument makers, brass instrument making, two cornetts, slide trumpet, cor alto, bore profile, natural trumpet, brass writing, slide instrument, trumpet sonata, valve horn, brass band movement, brass playing, shawm players, tuba family, valved instruments, brass musicians, alto trombone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Miles Davis, New York, Louis Armstrong, Middle Ages, Richard Strauss, Alexander Technique, Dizzy Gillespie, Adolphe Sax, Joseph Haydn, Paris Conservatoire, Dennis Brain, Franz Strauss, Freddie Hubbard, Low Countries, New Orleans, Philip Jones, Anton Weidinger, Augustein Schubinger, Civil War, First World War, Gil Evans, Leo Smith, Second World War, Third Symphony New!
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- Brass Instruments: Their History and Development (Dover Books on Music) by Anthony Baines on 5 pages
- The Tuba Family by Clifford Bevan on 5 pages
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove on 4 pages
- The History of Musical Instruments by Curt Sachs on 4 pages
- Free Jazz (The Roots of Jazz) by Ekkehard Jost on 4 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Colin Lawson on 4 pages
- The Early Horn: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) by John Humphries in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Beethoven's Anvil: Music In Mind And Culture by William Benzon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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