1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790977303321

Autore

Koehler Elisa

Titolo

Fanfares and finesse : a performer's guide to trumpet history and literature / / Elisa Koehler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-253-01185-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 240 pages) : illustrations, music

Disciplina

788.109032

Soggetti

Trumpet - History

Brass instruments - History

Trumpet - Performance - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fanfares and finesse : An introduction -- The natural trumpet -- The modern baroque trumpet with vent holes -- The cornetto -- The slide trumpet -- The quest for chromaticism : Hand-stopping, keys, and valves -- Bugles, flügels, and horns -- The cornet -- Changing of the guard : Trumpets in transition -- Smaller trumpets -- Pitch, temperament, and transposition -- Early repertoire and performance practice -- Baroque repertoire -- Classical repertoire -- Signals, calls, and fanfares -- Strike up the band -- The modern orchestral trumpet -- Jazz and the trumpet -- Solo repertoire after 1900 -- Brass chamber music -- Trumpeting in the twenty-first century -- Important musicians -- Significant events in trumpet history -- Museums with instrument collections -- Selected recordings : An annotated list -- Period instrument resources.

Sommario/riassunto

Unlike the violin, which has flourished largely unchanged for close to four centuries, the trumpet has endured numerous changes in design and social status from the battlefield to the bandstand and ultimately to the concert hall. This colorful past is reflected in the arsenal of instruments a classical trumpeter employs during a performance, sometimes using no fewer than five in different keys and configurations to accurately reproduce music from the past. With the rise in



historically inspired performances comes the necessity for trumpeters to know more about their instrument's heritage, its repertoire, and different performance practices for old music on new and period-specific instruments. More than just a history of the trumpet, this essential reference book is a comprehensive guide for musicians who bring that musical history to life.