Musical Instruments & Instrumental Ensembles

New in paperback! A unique directory for individuals who need to locate music for specific program needs. Goodenberger has brought together a spect...

This is a collection of essays reflecting on the piano teacher's art and the many challenges involved in piano teaching and performance. The topics...

Community music around the world reflects the growing and diverse ways humans collectivise and express themselves in ways that articulate our cultu...

In this book, Julian Hellaby presents a detailed study of English piano playing and career management as it was in the middle years of the twentiet...

The book is an outline of the Armenian duduk, a cylindrical double-reed aerophone made of apricot-wood, and its relation to the Armenian identity. ...

Following Roy Newsome's highly acclaimed study Brass Roots: One Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music, this book takes up the story of bands...

TheDouble Bass: How it Works provides information not usually found in traditional instrumental music method books. When used concurrently with any...

The Teaching of Instrumental Music, Fifth Edition introduces music education majors to basic instrumental pedagogy for the instruments and ensemble...

From the preface by Lorin Hollander: "...a remarkable piece of work by an equally remarkable teacher, philosopher, and healer. Ruth explores with ...

The work of French musicologist, ethnologist and critic Andre Schaeffner (1895– 1980) grew out of his first organological studies of the history of...

For everyone who's read the Bible and wondered what David's harp, or Nebuchadnezzar's sackbut and cornett really were, Jeremy Montagu, retired cura...

The Woodwinds: Perform, Understand, Teach provides comprehensive coverage about the woodwind family of musical instruments for prospective instrume...

In Violin Secrets: 101 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Violinist, author and violinist Jo Nardolillo surveys the cutting edge of current vi...

Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the pr...

The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major...

In 1942, drummer Viola Smith sent shock waves through the jazz world by claiming in Down Beat magazine that “hep girls” could sit in on any jam ses...

String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from ma...

The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge. Focusing on id...

Oboe Art and Method is a complete and comprehensive guide to oboe technique. Author Martin Schuring, a veteran oboe performer and instructor, descr...

In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. These early wo...

Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of...

In the 21st Century, the guitar, as both a material object and tool for artistic expression, continues to be reimagined and reinvented. From simple...

American organist David Craighead's influence in the United States and abroad is widespread and extensive: 37 years as professor of organ at the Ea...