Books in English

This volume, which also contains a CD, is the first to cover all aspects of sound production and performance technique for the oboe, making it a standard reference work with reliable and comprehensive information regarding the notation, performance ...

- Comprehensive presentation of all performance techniques for the flute which prevail in contemporary music
- Pedagogical tips for flautists to practise
- Examples of representative notation from modern flute music
- An ...

Following the great success of The Techniques of Flute Playing I for concert flute, the second volume systematically addresses all aspects of sound production and performance technique for piccolo, alto, and bass flute. Techniques are introduced ...

Pascal Gallois is one of the leading international bassoonists. His book on the bassoon, which is the latest in the Bärenreiter series of books on instrument playing techniques, systematically explains for the first time all the playing ...

The music of the 20th and 21st centuries demands a notably larger spectrum of abilities than traditional vocal literature. Nicholas Isherwood describes these techniques with numerous examples, gives practice tips and demonstrates the techniques ...

In view of the enormous upswing in popularity that the accordion has experienced as an avantgarde instrument in the last decades of the twentieth century, a systematic elaboration of the latest instrumental techniques and forms of expression, ...

In the last few years several publications have been devoted to advanced playing techniques for wind instruments in contemporary music. Despite this, players have continued to request a more comprehensive resource with a better systematic approach, ...

This book, co-written by guitarist Seth F. Josel and composer Ming Tsao, provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary performance techniques on the classical guitar. It was inspired by a new generation of solo guitarists whose extraordinary ...

Irvine Arditti who is an extraordinary violinist, a specialist for contemporary music and the leader of the phenomenal Arditti Quartet, worked together with the composer and conductor Robert HP Platz to produce this book on contemporary violin ...

With “The Techniques of Trombone Playing”, Mike Svoboda has written a book conceived as a valuable guide for composers and trombonists.
It familiarises composers with contemporary trombone techniques and shows how to put them to creative ...

The acclaimed percussionist Christian Dierstein has joined forces with a research group at the Basel Academy of Music to examine the techniques of percussion playing from an innovative perspective. The main focus falls less on the instruments ...

Today’s professional orchestral musicians are highly specialized and highly qualified instrumentalists. While the traditional study at universities and music schools gives students an excellent foundation for orchestral playing, it has long ...

An indispensable guide written by active professionals for young aspirants: career management for foreign students and professional novices. More than a third of all voice students at Germany ’s conservatories come from abroad, many from Korea ...

The successful book by Annette Otterstedt , “Die Gambe . Kulturgeschichte und praktischer Ratgeber“ is made available in an English version .
The author has revised the original edition thoroughly, taking in the most recent results of ...

This systematic catalogue of Mozart’s works, subdivided by genre, gathers together the latest findings of Mozart scholarship. It provides scholars and musicians with information in convenient tabular form on:
- numbers in the various ...

The volume contains 122 portraits of Hector Berlioz, including paintings, medals, busts, woodcuts, drawings, lithographs, photographs and caricatures. It also presents several doubtful or spurious portraits.
Each reproduction is accompanied ...

Die Internationale Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft (IMS/IGMw) ist die älteste internationale Vereinigung von Musikwissenschaftlern, die seit ihrer Gründung in Basel im Jahre 1927 ohne Unterbrechung tätig ist. Die vereinfachende ...

In recent years, efforts to achieve interpretations that do justice to the criteria of “historical performance practice” have become de rigueur in the world of early music.

Not only has this affected the instruments and performance ...