Instrumental odyssey : a tribute to Herbert Heyde / edited by Laurence Libin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Libin, Laurence, editor.

Series:

Bucina : the Historic Brass Society series ; no. 9.

Bucina : the Historic Brass Society series ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heyde, Herbert, 1940-.

Heyde, Herbert.

Musical instruments--History.

Musical instruments.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 302 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, [2016]

Summary:

These well-illustrated essays range from biblical antiquity to the 21st century and address subjects appealing to collectors and curators, musicologists and musicians, and everyone desiring to grasp more fully the construction, characteristics, and functions of musical instruments. Empahsizing brass and woodwind topics which lie at the center of Herbert Heyde's work, this also covers string and keyboard instruments, classification and commerce, performance practices and iconography, and the motives of maker and collectors.

Contents:

Typology of the shofar / Jeremy Montagu

Cornetz and saqueboutes at the French Court, 1496-ca. 1670 / James B. Kopp

Blaset mit Posaunen : brass playing in the early Reformed Churches of Bern / Canton Stewart Carter

Carl Florian Mandel and the production, consumption and status of "Military" brasswind instruments in the 19th century / Trevor Herbert

German-American relationships : immigration and trade factors in American brasswind instruments during the 19th century / Sabine K. Klaus

A trumpet for Bach's music / Eszter Fontata

The unnatural trumpet : the adoption of vent holes in the 1960s and '70s / Edward H. Tarr

Museum piece : Mary Elizabeth Adams Brown and the Instruments of the Sax Family at The Metropolitan Museum of Art / E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer

Clarinets at The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Heike Fricke

The basset clarinet : a history of makers, designs, and patents / Albert R. Rice

More on Roman violin strings 1700-1850 / Patrizio Barbieri

" ... made one inlaid and one ordinary violin ... " : notes on violin making in the Vogtland reflected in instruments preserved in the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein / Monika Lustig

A problematical harpsichord : the "Cusseneers Dusselensis" at Colonial Williamsburg / John Koster

n times 7 : the anonymous Clavichord E.1608, Paris, Cité de la musique / Alfons Huber

A meeting in Verona : Mozart and Giovanni Celestini in a 1770 portrait by Giambettino Cignaroli / Kathryn L. Libin

The Gibson upright, Steinway, and the first Red Scare / Laurence Libin

The John Webb Collection / Arnold Myers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Instrumental odyssey

ISBN:

9781576472521

1576472523

OCLC:

932302591