Valved Brass: The History of an Invention and 50 similar items

Birkitts Books presents ... Valved Brass: The History of an Invention (Bucina: the Historic Brass Society Series No. 7) Author: Ahrens, Christian Publisher: Pendragon Pr Release Date: 2008-05-10 Seller Category: Music Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Very Good Sku: 250220010 Notes: Pictorial boards have minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 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-Universitat 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. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!