The trombone in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / G.B. Lane.

Author/creator Lane, G. B., 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1982.
Descriptionx, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Trombone--History.
Music--500-1400. --History and criticism.
Music--15th century. --History and criticism.
Music--16th century. --History and criticism.

Contents Ancient brass. Etymology ; Myths and legends ; Tuba ductilis ; Actual use of brass instruments in Roman times -- The trumpet and trombone in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The folding of the tube and development of the slide ; Nature of the slide instrument ; Acoustics ; Sound and function of brass, changing concepts ; The trombone in the alta band ; Slide trumpet parts in music of the fifteenth century ; Musical sources for the slide trumpet ; The contratenor slide instrument ; Summary of Part I -- Instrument manufacturers and specifications. The Nuremberg manufacturers ; The instrument-maker guilds ; The instruments ; Conversion of new to old ; Experiments in authentic Renaissance and Baroque brass performance -- Guilds. Early guilds and their history and function ; The Stadtpfeifer in Germany ; Apprenticeship in the Stadtpfeifer guilds ; The journeyman ; The master ; Stadtpfeifer duties, pay and status ; The waits in England ; Apprenticeship, duties, status and compensation ; The use of brass instruments in the waits ; Stylistic sources of the music of the waits ; Other continental musicians' guilds: Low Countries ; Function and training ; City musicians in Italy and France -- Brass instruments in the courts. Germany ; Music in the Royal Court of England and the king's musick ; The king's musick ; The royal musicians ; Brass instrument performance in English Royal Court 1509-1640 ; Two examples of royal brass music ; The royal brass music of James I ; Court usage of brass instruments in Italy and France ; France -- Brass instruments in the church. Italy ; The music of Giovanni Gabrieli. Coro Spezzato ; Jubilate deo a 18 ; Surrexit Christus a 11 ; Suscipe Clementissime ; Quem vidistis pastores ; The Kassel manuscripts ; Gabriel's instrumental music ; The canzona ; The polychoir ensemble sonata -- Germany. Michael Praetorius ; Heinrich Schütz -- Music in Spanish cathedrals ; The Renaissance trombone in Mexico -- Wind techniques in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The trombone ; Improvisation ; Expression in performance ; Tonguing ; The slur -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: Renaissance and early Baroque trombones in museums and collections ; Nuremberg makers ; Makers outside Nuremberg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 205-223) and index.
LCCN 82047639
ISBN0253360919

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML965.L36 T7 1982 ✔ Available Place Hold