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      • Edited by Trevor Herbert, The Open University and the Royal College of Music, London, Arnold Myers, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, John Wallace, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2018
      November 2018
      ISBN:
      9781316841273
      9781107180000
      9781316631850
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316841273
      Dimensions:
      (246 x 189 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.53kg, 632 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (254 x 203 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.4kg, 633 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Music, Music: General Interest, Music Performance
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    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.

    Awards

    Winner, 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

    Winner, 2020 C. B. Oldman Award, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centre, UK & Ireland

    Reviews

    ‘This is a fine book of considerable value to anyone with an interest in music.'

    Stewart Carter - Wake Forest University, North Carolina

    '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

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