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Humanity has blown horns and trumpets of various makes and models, lengths and diameters since prehistoric times. In Horns and Trumpets of the World, the eminent scholar Jeremy Montagu surveys the vast range in time and type of this instrument that has accompanied everything in human history from the war cry to the formal symphony, from the hunting call to the modern jazz performance. No work on this topic offers as much detail or so many illustrations-over 150, in fact-of this remarkable instrument. Montagu's examination looks at horns constructed from seaweed, cane, bamboo, shell, wood, ivory, and metal and encompasses instruments of the Bible, from the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, and, following the Industrial Revolution, the modern era.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Protocol of Measurements and Abbreviations
Prelude
Chapter 1: Seaweed, Bark, Cane, and Gourd,
Chapter 2: Side-blown Horns
Chapter 3: Shell Trumpets
Chapter 4: Shorter End-blown Horns
Chapter 5: Longer end-blown Trumpets
Chapter 6: 'Orchestral' Trumpets and Slide Trombones
Chapter 7: Orchestral Natural Horns
Chapter 8: Valved Horns, Trumpets, and Trombones
Chapter 9: Bugles and Cornets
Chapter 10: Fingerhole Horns
Chapter 11: Accessories
Chapter 12: Playing
Chapter 13: Bibliography
Instrument Index
Manufacturer Index
Catalogue Numbers
General Index
About the author
By Jeremy Montagu
