The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments

The definitive guide to how brass musical instruments have been designed, made, played and understood from antiquity to present times.

Trevor Herbert (Edited by), Arnold Myers (Edited by), John Wallace (Edited by)

9781316631850, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 September 2019

633 pages, 104 b/w illus. 12 tables 94 music examples
25.6 x 20.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.4 kg

'A wonderful and much-needed addition to the resources for brass players and enthusiasts, music historians, and anyone interested in the history and workings of these most fascinating instruments. Its broad coverage highlighting areas of intersection between the various brass instruments is most welcome.' Thomas Hiebert, California State University, Fresno

Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major encyclopedia on the subject. It includes over one hundred illustrations, and gives attention to every brass instrument which has been regularly used, with information about the way they are played, the uses to which they have been put, and the importance they have had in classical music, sacred rituals, popular music, jazz, brass bands and the bands of the military. There are specialist entries covering every inhabited region of the globe and essays on the methods that experts have used to study and understand brass instruments. The encyclopedia spans the entire period from antiquity to modern times, with new and unfamiliar material that takes advantage of the latest research. From Abblasen to Zorsi Trombetta da Modon, this is the definitive guide for students, academics, musicians and music lovers.

Guide to using the Encyclopedia
Acknowledgements
Introduction: understanding brass instruments
General entries A-Z
Appendix 1: a selective list of vernacular horns and trumpets
Appendix 2: the ranges of labrosones
Appendix 3: a selective list of makers of brass instruments
Appendix 4: a selective list of collections of brass instruments
Appendix 5: early didactic and theoretical works relevant to brass instruments
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Educational: Music [YQB], Brass band, military music & marches [AVGG], Music [AV]