The Bassoon
eBook - PDF

The Bassoon

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Bassoon

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780300183641
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music
Early 
names; 
precursors; 
the 
bassoon 
idea; 
the 
founding 
myth 
11
a)
b)
5.
(a) 
Phagotum, 
thumb 
side. 
(b) 
phagotum, 
finger 
side. 
(c) 
chanter 
detached 
from 
a 
reproduction 
phagotum 
by 
Eric 
Moulder 
and 
Tony 
Millyard. 
(d) 
schematic 
drawing 
showing 
the 
folded 
bore 
within 
the 
chanter. 
Ambrogio, 
Introductio 
in 
Chaldaicam 
linguam
(Pavia, 
1535
). 
Photo 
by 
Tony 
Millyard.
c)
d)

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations and Music Examples
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Author’s note
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Early Names; Precursors; The Bassoon Idea; The Founding Myth
  9. 2. The Dulcian Family
  10. 3. The Bassoon Idea: Early Relatives
  11. 4. The Baroque Bassoon
  12. 5. The Classical Bassoon, c.1760–1830
  13. 6. The Scientific Bassoon, c.1830–1900
  14. 7. A Tale of Two Systems, 1900–1990
  15. 8. The Bassoonist’s World Since 1990
  16. 9. The Contrabassoon
  17. 10. The Bassoon Idea: Relatives after Mechanization
  18. 11. Smaller Sizes of Bassoon
  19. Epilogue
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index