Woodwind Instruments and Their History

Anthony Baines

ISBN 10: 0486268853 / ISBN 13: 9780486268859

Published by OMNIBUS MUSIC SALES LIMITED Mai 1992, 1992

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Neuware - This superior study by a leading authority is considered the definitive work on woodwinds. The two-part survey combines a discussion of design and construction with a detailed history of the evolution of instruments from earliest times to the present.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Woodwind Instruments and Their History
• Publisher: OMNIBUS MUSIC SALES LIMITED Mai 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486268853
• ISBN 13: 9780486268859
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 217W x 137H x 21D millimeters 217 millimeters width by 137 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 451 grams

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Synopsis

"This excellent book ought to be in every library." — Musical Times
Widely acclaimed for its scholarship, comprehensiveness, and originality, this superior study by a leading authority is considered the definitive work on woodwind instruments. Author Anthony Baines — musicologist, conductor, instrumentalist, and curator of the Bate Collection of Historical Wind Instruments at Oxford University — combines a discussion of design and construction with a detailed history of the evolution of woodwinds from earliest times to the present.
Part One introduces the woodwinds, describing their basic components, construction, variations, and idiosyncrasies as well as playing technique, matters of acoustics and pitch, and types of reeds. Part Two traces a variety of technical changes, particularly in terms of recent processes of mechanization. This profusely illustrated survey features 75 photographs and drawings, 25 musical examples, and 16 fingering charts.

About the Author

Anthony Baines (1912–97) specialized in a branch of musicology known as organology. He produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments and was a founding member of the Galpin Society, formed to further research into the history, construction, development, and use of musical instruments.