The Early Horn: A Practical Guide

ISBN-13: 9780521632102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 150 str.

John Humphries

Opis

This introduction to the early horn provides a historical account of the instrument's development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. The book aims to help performers to play in a historically appropriate style and provides a series of case studies including major works from the horn repertoire by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. It includes chapters on the historical background of the instrument, its design and development, and choice of instrument today.

Recenzje

'John Humphries has written an eminently readable book packed with fascinating information about the horn of the 18th and 19th centuries … Nowhere else is such an amount of information on the early horn available in a single, reliable, readable source.' Early Music

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Historical background; 3. Equipment; 4. Technique; 5. The language of musical style; 6. Case studies.