The bassoon /

This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years' experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kopp, James B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, Published in association with the William Watterhouse Estate, [2012]
Series:Yale musical instrument series.
Subjects:
Bassoon > History.
Basson > Histoire.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
Bassoon.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Early names; precursors; the bassoon idea; the founding myth
  • The dulcian family
  • The bassoon idea: early relatives
  • The baroque bassoon
  • The classical bassoon, c.1760-1830
  • The scientific bassoon, c.1830-1900
  • A tale of two systems, 1900-1990
  • The bassoonist's world since 1990
  • The contrabassoon
  • The bassoon idea: relatives after mechanization
  • Smaller sizes of bassoon.

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