Woodwind instruments and their history / by Anthony Baines ; with a foreword by Adrian Boult.
| Author/creator | Baines, Anthony |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1957] |
| Description | 382 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The woodwind section: Fingering charts and diagrams -- Basic woodwind acoustics -- Tonguing and breathing -- Woodwind transposition -- Pitch -- The flute: General construction -- Wood versus metal -- Piccolo -- Bass flutes -- Flute bands and band flutes -- Flute mechanisms -- Reeds and reed-making -- The oboe -- The clarinet -- The bassoon -- History: The primitive flute world -- Early reed instruments and double-piping -- Medieval wind music -- The sixteenth century and the consorts The eighteenth century and the classical woodwind -- Mechanization -- Appendices: Alphabetical list of Old London makers and suppliers -- Parlour pipes -- Notes on maintenance |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 357-366. |
| LCCN | 57008338 |
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