The recorder / David Lasocki and Robert Ehrlich; with contribution by Nikolaj Tarasov and an epilogue by Michala Petri.
| Author/creator | Lasocki, David author. |
| Other author | Ehrlich, Robert, 1936-2018 author. |
| Other author | Tarasov, Nikolaj, contributor. |
| Other author | Petri, Michala author of afterword, colophon, etc. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2022. |
| Description | xiv, 372 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Yale Musical Instrument Series Yale musical instrument series. ^A691961 |
| Contents | Introduction / David Lasocki -- The era of Medieval recorders, 1300-1500 ; The era of Renaissance recorders, 1501-1667 ; The era of the Baroque recorder, 1668-1800 / David Lasocki -- Duct flutes in the nineteenth century / Nikolaj Tarasov -- The recorder in the twentieth century / Robert Ehrlich -- Epilogue / Michala Petri. |
| Abstract | The recorder is perhaps best known today for its educational role. Although it is frequently regarded as a stepping-stone on the path toward higher musical pursuits, this role is just one recent facet of the recorder's fascinating history--which spans professional and amateur music-making since the Middle Ages. In this new addition to the Yale Musical Instrument Series, the authors trace the evolution of the recorder. Emerging from a variety of flutes played by fourteenth-century soldiers, shepherds, and watchmen, the recorder swiftly became an artistic instrument for courtly and city minstrels. Featured in music by the greatest Baroque composers, including Bach and Handel, in the twentieth century it played a vital role in the Early Music Revival and achieved international popularity and notoriety in mass education. Overall, they make a case for the recorder being surprisingly present, and significant, throughout Western music history. |
| ISBN | 9780300118704 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0300118708 (hbk) |