The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments

CONTENIDO:

List of illustrations
Notes on the contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Nomenclatures
Introduction - Trevor Herbert and John Wallace
1. Lip-vibrated instruments of the ancient and non-western world - Margaret Sarkissian
2. How brass instruments work - Arnold Myers
3. Design, technology and manufacture before 1800 - Robert Barclay
4. Brass instruments in art music in the Middle Ages - Keith Polk
5. The cornett - Bruce Dickey
6. 'Sackbut': the early trombone - Trevor Herbert
7. The trumpet before 1800 - Edward H. Tarr
8. The horn in the Baroque and Classical periods - Thomas Hiebert
9. Design, technology and manufacture since 1800 - Arnold Myers
10. Keyed brass - Ralph T. Dudgeon
11. The low brass - Clifford Bevan
12. Brass in the modern orchestra - Simon Wills
13. Brass bands and other vernacular brass traditions - Trevor Herbert
14. Playing, learning and teaching brass - Ralph T. Dudgeon, Phillip Eastop, Trevor Herbert and John Wallace
15. The post-classical horn - Robert Evans
16. Jazz, improvisation and brass - Roger T. Dean
17. Brass solo and chamber music from 1800 - John Wallace
18. Frontiers or byways? Brass instruments in avant-garde music - Simon Wills
Glossary
Notes
Select bibliography
Index