The crumhorn and other Renaissance windcap instruments : a contribution to Renaissance organology / Barra Boydell.
| Author/creator | Boydell, Barra |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Buren, The Netherlands : Frits Knuf, 1982. |
| Description | xxi, 458 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I: The crumhorn. The instrument -- Historical references and iconographical evidence -- Uncertain and incorrect references -- Original instruments and their typology. Surviving crumhorns ; Supplement (Lost ; Models ; Crumhorns of doubtful authenticity) ; Typology -- Jorg Wier of Memmingen -- The French cromorne in the early Baroque period. Historical references ; Towards an identification of the cromorne -- The origins and use of the crumhorn in the Renaissance. Possible antecedants and origins of the crumhorn ; The names used for crumhorns ; The social context of the crumhorn's use ; Music for crumhorns ; Crumhorns played without the windcap -- Part II: Other Renaissance windcap instruments. The cornamusa. Historical references ; Problems in identifying the cornamusa -- The windcap shawms. Iconographical sources ; Schreyerpfeifen (Historical references ; The identity of the Schreyerpfeife ; Surviving Schreyerpfeifen and related instruments) ; Hautbois de Poitou (Historical references) ; Cleron pastoral ; Miscellaneous and possible windcap shawms (Historical references) ; Rauschpfeifen, a case of mistaken identity (Historical uses of the name Rauschpfeife and cognates ; The meaning of "Rauschpfeifen") -- Miscellaneous and possible windcap instruments. Doppioni ; Kortholt ; Praetorius's Schreyerpfeifen/Schryari -- Concluding summary -- Appendix. The dolzaina. Towards an identification of the dolzaina. |
| General note | Abstracts in French and German. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 419-433. |
| LCCN | 83225594 |
| ISBN | 9060274245 |
| ISBN | 9060274237 (wrappers) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML990.C8 B7 1982 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |