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The inclusion of electronic equipment in the performance of traditionally acoustic instruments has sparked a new genre of musical possibilities. Through an exploration of the history of the electroacoustic musical genre, the technologies...
The ability to learn and execute extended techniques is not universal among bassoonists, yet the concept of extending technique in general has been fundamental to the development and evolution of the bassoon over the centuries. Many of...
Women have participated in making music for centuries, but it has only been since the latter part of the twentieth century that women have been widely accepted into the arena of public performance. With few exceptions, nineteenth-century...
Choro is a genre of Brazilian popular music that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the 1870s as an amalgamation of musical elements and instruments from Brazil, Europe, and Africa. It reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s and...
This treatise examines the teaching methods of Lewis Hugh Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Bassoon at the University of Michigan. The first chapter is a biographical sketch detailing his boyhood in Pontiac, Michigan, during the depression...
The IDRS and its publications are the primary scholarly resource for all double reed performers. Authors that contribute to these journals typically consist of professional orchestral performers and university professors. Articles...
Julius Weissenborn's Practical Method for Bassoon is widely regarded as the best comprehensive bassoon method book for private instruction. It was originally published in 1887, one year before the famous bassoonist's death. Since that...
Many flutists believe that the romantic period saw a decline in music for their instrument. One purpose of this document is to republish Louise Farrenc's Trio in E minor for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45 in an attempt to add quality...
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