The Bassoon (Yale Musical Instrument Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008MXQBIM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Separate historical chapters devoted to contrabassoons and smaller bassoons complete the volume.. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years of experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today's bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. He also offers new coverage of the bassoon's social history, including its roles in the military and the church and its global use during the European Colonial period. He discusses the bassoon's makers, its players, its repertory, and its audiences, all in unprecedented detail.The bassoon was invented in Italy in response to the need for a bass-register double-reed woodwind suitable for marching. The author ex
Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013 in the Music Category.
"Jim Kopp's 'The Bassoon and Contrabassoon'" according to d.casson. This supercedes Waterhouse's and Langwill's books on the instruments. This reviewer was with Waterhouse during paart of the time he unsuccessfully tried to write the Yale book. Kopp took over and generously gives Waterhouse credit for his groundbreaking work. His book is reasonably encyclopaedic and covers all members of the bassoon family.It's not completely free of errors but still is most unlikely to be surpassed in the foreseeable future, given the exotic nature of the subject. Personally I would have liked to see more discussion of what makes a bassoon sound the way . Mapache said Great. A bible. Well researched history of the bassoon. A concise, yet comprehensive compilation which includes the early names, precursors. Beautifully illustrated with music examples and much more. "Great" according to Mapache. A bible. Well researched history of the bassoon. A concise, yet comprehensive compilation which includes the early names, precursors. Beautifully illustrated with music examples and much more. 297 pages.. 97 pages.. The bassoon, its development and variants. Lewis T. Fitch This is a scholarly work, covering the earliest things that relate to the bassoon and its players, through its development up to the modern time. Many works for the instrument are mentioned, and most of its outstanding practitioners. The smaller relatives are covered, as well as the contra. There is a great deal of detail present in this book.