The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments (Cambridge Companions to Music) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521563437 ISBN 13: 9780521563437

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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Review

'The narrative is rich in detail, supported by an extensive glossary and bibliography. It is surely a book that will quickly find its way onto the bookshelves not only of the serious brass student, for whom it will become essential reading, but also of those readers with a more casual interest in the history and development of the instruments we play today.' Brass Band World

'This encyclopaedic volume is long overdue, providing some long-range retrospection now that the technical development of brass instruments is over ... this is essential reading for any serious player, conservatoire student or keen listener'. BBC Music Magazine

'This book is quite simply the most important on the subject since anthony Baines' classic Brass Instruments: their history and development appeared a generation ago ... infectious in its enthusiasm, comprehensible to a layman, and entirely absorbing.' John Humphries, Brass Bulletin

Book Description

Edited by two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, this new Cambridge Companion provides an invaluable overview of the history, and technical and musical development of the brass instrument. Covers classical music, non-western music and jazz.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521563437
• ISBN 13: 9780521563437
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 361
• Editor: Herbert Trevor, Wallace John