Brass Instruments: Their History and Development (Dover Books On Music: Instruments)

by Anthony Baines

Book Overview

Evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas and other brass wind instruments. Over 140 illustrations and 48 music examples. Corrected and updated by author. New preface.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486275744
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.6" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

THE MUST-HAVE OF ITS FIELD

Every field has its classic work, and this is it for brass instruments. Not definitive, because nothing could be, but the linch-pin of the library as far as brasswind instruments go.

Great book for brass history

When I ordered this book I was expecting something that closely followed the form Baines had used in his Woodwind Instruments and Their History. This was not to be the case. Instead, it is a detailed history of the brass family from prehistoric time to the modern valved era. This is not quite as exhaustive of a book as I was looking for (something that dealt with modern valved brass). With all that said it is still a marvelous book and full of usefull information.