This is the first in-depth survey of the oboe during its Golden Age, tracing the history of the instrument from its invention through its many mutations as it a
In this history of the hautboy, the oboe of the Baroque period, Haynes examines in detail the hautboy's structure, its players, makers, and composers, issues of
This is a study of the history and development of six large size clarinets including the clarinet d'amour, alto clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet. The ma
Historians of instruments and instrumental music have long recognised that there was a period of profound change in the seventeenth century, when the consorts o