A dictionary for the modern clarinetist / Jane Ellsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellsworth, Jane, author.

Series:

Dictionaries for the modern musician.

Dictionaries for the modern musician

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clarinet--Dictionaries.

Clarinet.

Clarinetists--Dictionaries.

Clarinetists.

Music--Terminology.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

"In A Dictionary for the Modern Clarinet, scholar and musician Jane Ellsworth offers lovers of the clarinet the premiere reference book for information about this remarkable instrument. Containing over 400 terms, Ellsworth covers the clarinet's history (including both modern and historical instruments, common and rare), acoustics, construction, fingering systems and mechanisms, and techniques, as well as its more important performers, makers, and scholars"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Appendix 1 The Clarinet Family

Appendix 2 Boehm, German, and Albert Systems

Appendix 3 Historical Instruments and Their Parts

Appendix 4 Key Parts and Mounting Types

Appendix 5 The Clarinet Mouthpiece

Selected Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8108-8648-0

OCLC:

899134687