European and American Musical Instruments

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A "pictorial museum" is Anthony Baines's description of this lavish publication. There are upwards of 830 photographs, exactly captioned and identified - representative of the non-keyboard instruments of the western world from 1450 to 1900. With these pictures the musician, collector, museum curator, or dealer will be able to identify and date many unfamiliar instruments. Although regional folk instruments are not excluded, the main emphasis has been on the products of professional workshops. The classic models of successive periods are given most prominence, but space has also been found for unusual and even unique specimens. While the most immediately striking feature of the book is its pictures, the introduction provides a summary of musical history from the highly significant instrumental point of view. Anthony Cuthbert Baines (1912-1997) was an English musicologist, conductor, and bassoonist. During his years at Westminster School his musical talents became evident, but in 1930 he went to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in chemistry. The award of an open scholarship to the RCM changed the direction of his career and after two years' study he joined the LPO as third bassoon and double bassoon in 1935. This appointment (interrupted by six years' army service) continued until 1948 and led to his election as assistant conductor in 1949. Between 1955 and 1965, Baines taught wind instruments at Uppingham School and later Dean Close. During this period his musicological activities expanded greatly and he travelled extensively studying both folk and art instruments. From 1970 to 1980 he was a lecturer in music at Oxford and curator of the Bate Collection of Wind Instruments there. By his retirement in 1982 he had enlarged its scope and content and created a centre for the study of musical instruments of all periods. A founder-member of the Galpin Society, he edited its journal from 1956 to 1963, and again from 1970 to 1984.

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European and American Musical Instruments by Anthony Baines by Anthony Baines

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Musical Instruments through the Ages

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Woodwind Instruments and Their History (Dover Books on Music) Paperback March 22, 2012

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A Pelican Original: Musical Instruments Through the Ages

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The answers to questions about the performance of music are to be found in this book.

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Brass Instruments: Their History and Development (Dover Books on Music)

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In this readable, well-researched history, a distinguished authority on musical instruments offers a concise survey of the evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments.  The story begins with such primitive contrivances as bark trumpets, conch shells and perforated animal horns, bronze trumpets used by the ancient Danes and Celts, large Roman horns, and other devices. During the medieval period, a large number of curved instruments or horns of various shapes and sizes developed, including trumpets, looped horns, the sackbut (forerunner of the trombone) and others, while the Renaissance saw the introduction of the slide trumpet. In the nineteenth century, the advent of valved instruments ushered in yet another new era. In this extensively revised and updated edition, Mr. Baines documents the various states of the evolution of brass instruments with immense learning and a wealth of detail. The text is supplemented by over 140 black-and-white illustrations as well as 48 music examples. The result is a scholarly yet accessible account that remains an indispensable resource for any brass player or music historian.

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Brass Instruments: Their History and Development BRASS INSTRUMENTS: THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT By Baines, Anthony ( Author )May-17-2012 Paperback

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This is a readable, well-researched history, by a distinguished authority on musical instruments which offers a concise survey of the evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments.

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Woodwind Instruments and Their History. Revised Edition

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Musical Instruments Through The Ages

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Woodwind Instruments and Their History (Dover Books on Music)

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"This excellent book ought to be in every library." — Musical Times Widely acclaimed for its scholarship, comprehensiveness, and originality, this superior study by a leading authority is considered the definitive work on woodwind instruments. Author Anthony Baines — musicologist, conductor, instrumentalist, and curator of the Bate Collection of Historical Wind Instruments at Oxford University — combines a discussion of design and construction with a detailed history of the evolution of woodwinds from earliest times to the present. Part One introduces the woodwinds, describing their basic components, construction, variations, and idiosyncrasies as well as playing technique, matters of acoustics and pitch, and types of reeds. Part Two traces a variety of technical changes, particularly in terms of recent processes of mechanization. This profusely illustrated survey features 75 photographs and drawings, 25 musical examples, and 16 fingering charts.

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Musical Instruments Through The Ages

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Woodwind Instruments and Their History (Dover Books on Music) by Anthony Baines (2012-04-19)

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGH THE AGES; EDITED BY ANTHONY BAINES FOR THE GALPIN SOCIETY

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Brass Instruments, Their History and Development

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In this readable, well-researched history, a distinguished authority on musical instruments offers a concise survey of the evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments. The story begins with such primitive contrivances as bark trumpets, conch shells and perforated animal horns, bronze trumpets used by the ancient Danes and Celts, large Roman horns, and other devices. During the medieval period, a large number of curved instruments or horns of various shapes and sizes developed, including trumpets, looped horns, the sackbut (forerunner of the trombone) and others, while the Renaissance saw the introduction of the slide trumpet. In the nineteenth century, the advent of valved instruments ushered in yet another new era. In this extensively revised and updated edition, Mr. Baines documents the various states of the evolution of brass instruments with immense learning and a wealth of detail. The text is supplemented by over 140 black-and-white illustrations as well as 48 music examples. The result is a scholarly yet accessible account that remains an indispensable resource for any brass player or music historian.

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