Perspectives in Brass Scholarship

Perspectives in Brass Scholarship

Author: Stewart Carter

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780945193975

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Contains 17 contributions from the 1995 symposium consisting of scholarly papers and study sessions, the former presented in their entirety and the latter merely summarized. Topics include instrumental music at the German-speaking Renaissance courts, the invention of the slide principle and the earliest trombone, early brass mythology, the horn in early America, the influence of technology on the theory of orchestration, and the horn function and brass instrument character. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR