The Clarinet in the Classical Period
The Clarinet in the Classical Period

Author: Albert R. Rice

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-01-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0199887780

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A comprehensive study of the clarinet in use through the classical period, 1760 to 1830, a period of intensive musical experimentation. The book provides a detailed review and analysis of construction, design, materials, and makers of clarinets. Rice also explores how clarinet construction and performance practice developed in tandem with the musical styles of the period.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments

Author: Trevor Herbert

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781316631850

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Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major encyclopedia on the subject. It includes over one hundred illustrations, and gives attention to every brass instrument which has been regularly used, with information about the way they are played, the uses to which they have been put, and the importance they have had in classical music, sacred rituals, popular music, jazz, brass bands and the bands of the military. There are specialist entries covering every inhabited region of the globe and essays on the methods that experts have used to study and understand brass instruments. The encyclopedia spans the entire period from antiquity to modern times, with new and unfamiliar material that takes advantage of the latest research. From Abblasen to Zorsi Trombetta da Modon, this is the definitive guide for students, academics, musicians and music lovers.