Research Catalog

Title

The horn / Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti.

Author

Meucci, Renato

Publication

• New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Rocchetti, Gabriele

Description

xxxix, 378 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.

Summary

"A fascinating account of one of music history's most ancient, varied and distinctive instruments. From its origins in animal horn instruments in classical antiquity to the emergence of the modern horn in the seventeenth century, the horn appears wherever and whenever humans have made music. Its haunting, timeless presence endures to this day in jazz and film music, as well as in orchestral settings. In this welcome addition to the Yale Musical Instrument series, Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti trace the origins of the modern horn in all its variety. From its emergence in Turin and the development of its political and diplomatic functions across European courts, to the revolutionary invention of valves, the horn has presented in innumerable guises and forms. Aided by musical examples and newly discovered sources, Meucci and Rocchetti's book offers a comprehensive account of an instrument whose history is as rich and complex as its music." --

Series Statement

The Yale musical instrument series

Uniform Title

Yale musical instrument series.

Subject

• Horn (Musical instrument)
• Horn (Musical instrument) > History
• Horn music
• Horn players
• Horn music
• Horn players

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [340]-362) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Part I. Preliminary note on Roman military instruments -- Early horns and calls -- The coiled trompe -- Spiral instruments -- Early French hunting fanfares -- Hooped models -- Preserved instruments -- Von Sporck and the Trompe de chasse -- The natural hunting horn (Jagdwaldhorn) -- Trumpet and horn players -- The natural horn at its zenith (Orchesterwaldhorn) -- Duets -- Four case studies: Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Telemann -- Instruments' names in the Baroque era -- Part II. The classic era -- New crook systems -- The classical repertoire -- The heyday of the hand horn -- Transitional systems -- Part III. Valve horns -- Further valve systems -- Reports by contemporaries -- Early music literature -- Valve dissemination: a regional overview -- A few leading composers -- Double horn -- The horn in the second half of the twentieth century -- The repertoire of the second half of the twentieth century -- The present-day horn.

Call Number

JME 24-61

ISBN

• 0300118937
• 9780300118933

OCLC

1375546868

Author

Meucci, Renato, author.

Title

The horn / Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Yale musical instrument series

Yale musical instrument series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [340]-362) and index.

Added Author

Rocchetti, Gabriele, author.

Research Call Number

JME 24-61