The oboe / Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes.

Author/creator Burgess, Geoffrey
Other author Haynes, Bruce, 1942-2011.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxiv, 418 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Oboe.
Oboe--History.
Oboe music.
Oboe players.

SeriesYale musical instrument series
Yale musical instrument series. ^A691961
Contents The prehistory of the oboe / Geoffrey Burgess -- From consort oboe to 'eloquent' oboe, 1610-1680 / Bruce Haynes -- The sprightly hautboy, 1680-1760 / Bruce Haynes -- From classical hautboy to keyed oboe, 1760-1825 / Bruce Haynes, with additions by Geoffrey Burgess -- From keyed oboe to the conservatoire oboe, 1825-1880 / Geoffrey Burgess -- From romanticism to modernism: the adoption and dissemination of the conservatoire oboe, 1880 to 1950 / Geoffrey Burgess -- The oboe in romantic and modernist music: cultural themes and implications / Geoffrey Burgess -- Diversifying streams since World War II: the traditional stream / Geoffrey Burgess -- Diversifying streams since World War II: from the avant-garde to postmodernism / Geoffrey Burgess, with additions by Bruce Haynes.
Abstract The oboe, including its earlier forms the shawm and the hautboy, is an instrument with a long and rich history. In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace that history from its beginnings to the present time, discussing how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it, and which players were prominent. The authors begin by describing the oboe's prehistory and subsequent development out of the shawm in the mid-seventeenth century. They then examine later stages of the instrument, from the classical hautboy to the transition to a keyed oboe and eventually the Conservatoire-system oboe. The authors consider the instrument's place in Romantic and Modernist music and analyze traditional and avant-garde developments after World War II. Noting the oboe's appearance in paintings and other iconography, as well as in distinctive musical contexts, they examine what this reveals about the instrument's social function in different eras. Throughout the book they discuss the great performers, from the pioneers of the seventeenth century to the traveling virtuosi of the eighteenth, the masters of the romantic period and the legends of the twentieth century such as Gillet, Goossens, Tabuteau, and Holliger. With its extensive illustrations, useful technical appendices, and discography, this is a comprehensive and authoritative volume that will be the essential companion for every woodwind student and performer.
Local noteLittle-354786--305131034283X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 347-373) and index.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 374-391.
ISBN0300093179
ISBN0300100531 (PBK.)

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Music Music Stacks ML940 .B87 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Music Stacks ML940 .B87 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold