The Trombone in the Renaissance: A History in Pictures and Documents (Bucina: the Historic Brass Society Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The trombone is one of the oldest instruments of Western art music in use today, for its modern form differs little from that at its inception in the fifteenth century. With more than 100 illustrations and nearly 400 original documents, many of them not previously available in English translation, this book traces the development of the instrument's physical form, musical use, and social function during the Renaissance. From its initial appearance with shawms in the alta band, the instrument moved gradually to a more refined position, joining with cornetts and violins and accompanying voices in church music. By the late sixteenth century it was one of the most widely used instruments in Western Europe.
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About the Author
Stewart Carter has published articles in _Early Music_, _Performance Practice Review_, _Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society_, _Historic Brass Society Journal_, _Baroccao Padano_, and _The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians_, 2nd edition. He is Editor of _The Historic Brass Society Journal_ and former editor of _Historical Performance_. Other editorial projects include _A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music_ (Schirmer Books, 1997) and _Brass Scholarship in Review: Proceedings of the International Historic Brass Society Symposium, Amherst, 1995_ (Pendragon, 1997). Carter is former president of the American Musical Instrument Society. Currently he is Chair of the Department of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, where he teaches music history and theory and directs the Collegium Musicum.
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