Horn / Barry Tuckwell.
| Author/creator | Tuckwell, Barry |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer Books, ©1983. |
| Description | xxi, 202 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Yehudi Menuhin music guides Yehudi Menuhin music guides. ^A522165 |
| Contents | Preface / by Yehudi Menuhin -- Author's preface: 'The horn player missed a note' -- An introduction to the principles of brass playing -- Ancestry. The lur ; The European hunting horn ; Early improvements ; The horn in the theatre ; The horn joins the orchestra ; Terminology ; Advances in technique and design ; The golden age ; Experiments with chromatic horns -- Valves and the modern horn. Early valves ; Piston valves ; Rotary valves ; The Vienna valve ; Problems of the valve system ; The double horn ; New ideas in horn building -- Composers and the horn. Mozart's horn parts ; Beethoven's writing for the horn ; Weber ; Early valve-horn writing ; Wagner ; Strauss, Mahler and Bruckner ; The French impressionists ; Russian composers ; Brahms ; Elgar ; Modern techniques -- Some masters of the horn. The Dresden players ; Other early masters ; German players of the late eighteenth century ; Nineteenth-century players ; Pioneers of the valve horn ; Friedrich Adolph Gumbert and early imports to the USA ; Horn playing in Great Britain ; National schools of horn playing -- Building the horn: a transposing instrument. The body of the horn ; Mouthpipe and mouthpiece ; Mutes ; The horn is still a transposing instrument -- Advice for beginners. Buying an instrument ; The first instrument ; Maintenance and repair ; Playing technique -- The horn player, artist and technician. Fatigue ; Inside the orchestra ; Band playing ; Recording ; Studio musicians ; Chamber music ; Solo playing -- Teaching the horn. The student ; Women horn players ; Master classes ; The serious student and the amateur musician. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 83016358 |
| ISBN | 0028715306 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML955.T82 H6 1983B | ✔ Available | Place Hold |