The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments

by Edited by Trevor Herbert , John Wallace

• ISBN13: 9780521565226
• ISBN10: 0521565227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This Companion covers many diverse aspects of brass instruments and in such detail. It provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Although the greatest part of the volume is devoted to the western art music tradition, with chapters covering topics from the medieval to the contemporary periods, there are important contributions on the ancient world, non-western music, vernacular and popular traditions and the rise of jazz. Despite the breadth of its narrative, the book is rich in detail, with an extensive glossary and bibliography. 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 on brass instruments.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Notes on the contributors	xi
Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvi
Nomenclatures	xviii
Introduction	1	(4)
Trevor Herbert
John Wallace
Lip-vibrated instruments of the ancient and non-western world	5	(14)
Margaret Sarkissian
How brass instruments work	19	(5)
Arnold Myers
Design, technology and manufacture before 1800	24	(14)
Robert Barclay
Brass instruments in art music in the Middle Ages	38	(13)
Keith Polk
The cornett	51	(17)
Bruce Dickey
`Sackbut': the early trombone	68	(16)
Trevor Herbert
The trumpet before 1800	84	(19)
Edward H. Tarr
The horn in the Baroque and Classical periods	103	(12)
Thomas Hiebert
Design, technology and manufacture since 1800	115	(16)
Arnold Myers
Keyed brass	131	(12)
Ralph T. Dudgeon
The low brass	143	(14)
Clifford Bevan
Brass in the modern orchestra	157	(20)
Simon Wills
Brass bands and other vernacular brass traditions	177	(16)
Trevor Herbert
Playing, learning and teaching brass	193	(14)
Ralph T. Dudgeon
Phillip Eastop
Trevor Herbert
John Wallace
The post-classical horn	207	(10)
Robert Evans
Jazz, improvisation and brass	217	(19)
Roger T. Dean
Brass solo and chamber music from 1800	236	(19)
John Wallace
Frontiers or byways? Brass instruments in avant-grade music	255	(18)
Simon Wills
Glossary	273	(12)
Notes	285	(26)
Select bibliography	311	(16)
Index	327