Valved brasses
Subtitle: the history of an invention
By: by Christian Ahrens ; translated by Steven Plank.
Series: Bucina, the Historic Brass Society series -- no. 7
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hillsdale, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781576471371
Subjects: Brass instruments
Work titles: Erfindung und ihre Folgen.
Description: In the history of brass instruments, few developments can rival the early nineteenth-century invention of the valve for enduring significance. Nevertheless, the acceptance of valved brass instruments proved controversial, as newspapers and other documents repeatedly attest. Christian Ahrens (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) in his important monograph, Eine Erfindung und ihre Folgen: Blechblasinstrumente mit Ventilen (1986), devotes considerable attention to this heated controversy, as he traces the early use of valved brass instruments in the realms of art music, military music, and Volksmusik. Stressing social and aesthetic issues over the more familiar mechanical aspects, the author draws on a rich body of journalistic source material to detail a compelling reception history [Publisher description]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of valves; title: Valved instruments in the judgement of the musicians; title: Valved instruments in art music; title: The horn; title: The trumpet; title: The bass instruments; title: Valved instruments in military music; title: Valved instruments in Volksmusik; title: Social aspects of the use of valved instruments; title: Economical aspects of the use of valved instruments; title: Improvements to other instruments and their evaluation.