Musical Instruments & Instrumental Ensembles

The Montagu Collection, of worldwide coverage and all types of instruments, began to take shape in the early 1960s when what had been a small and v...

Now in paperback! Hugely popular in the 19th century, and starting to regain popularity now, the literature for multiple pianos is relatively unkno...

The piano trio has been a favorite medium for composers since its inception with Franz Joseph Haydn's compositions for violin, cello, and piano. Th...

"The Premier Oboist of Europe": A Portrait of Gustave Vogt describes the life and achievements of the most prolific composer of oboe music in the n...

Federico Maria Sardelli writes from the perspective of a professional baroque flautist and recorder-player, as well as from that of an experienced ...

The concept of stylus phantasticus (or ’fantastic style’) as it was expressed in free keyboard music of the north German Baroque forms the focus of...

Comprehensive database of original works written for the standard string quartet during the twentieth century. The sources of information include p...

Unlike most jazz arranging books, which focus on the rudiments of arranging (transposition, ranges, notation, and so forth), this book deals with t...

Twelve internationally-known keyboard artists entertainingly discuss their daily lives of practicing and performing in informative interviews, incl...

Stride! traces the stride piano style from its roots in minstrel shows and ragtime, through the contributions of itinerant entertainers, to its joy...

The Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) is considered today to have been one of the most significant forces in the ...

Max Reger (1873-1916) is perhaps best-known for his organ music. This quickly assumed a prominent place in the repertory of German organists due in...

Longtime collectors of video recordings (VHS) of piano, both solo and with orchestra desire nothing more than a catalog listing only piano performa...

The Athletic Musician is an innovative approach that teaches musicians how to prevent and manage injuries, presented in a unique format that combin...

In The Pianist’s Craft 2, pianist and scholar Richard P. Anderson gathers together a new collection of essays by renowned performing artists and te...

Developing Expression in Brass Performance and Teaching helps university music teachers, high school band directors, private teachers, and students...

Following on the heels of his Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble, John F. Colson takes students to the next level in conduct...

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound,...

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound,...

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it ha...

Clarinets are prominent melody instruments, and a strong clarinet section can make the difference between a good band and a great band. In Fine-Tun...

The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a n...

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Socio...

In From Bach’s Goldberg to Beethoven’s Diabelli: Influence and Independence, music scholar and noted pianist Alfred Kanwischer takes readers on an ...