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Description

1. xv, 260 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm

Summary

1. "The transition from the valveless natural horn to the modern valved horn in 19th-century Paris was different from similar transitions in other countries. While valve technology was received happily by players of other members of the brass family, strong support for the natural horn, with its varied color palette and virtuoso performance traditions, slowed the reception and application of the valve to the horn. Using primary sources including Conservatoire method books, accounts of performances and technological advances, and other evidence, this book tells the story of the transition from natural horn to valved horn at the Conservatoire, from 1792 to 1903, including close examination of horn teaching before the arrival of valved brass in Paris, the initial reception and application of this technology to the horn, the persistence of the natural horn, and the progression of acceptance, use, controversies, and eventual adoption of the valved instrument in the Parisian community and at the Conservatoire. Active scholars, performers, and students interested in the horn, 19th-century brass instruments, teaching methods associated with the Conservatoire, and the intersection of technology and performing practice will find this book useful in its details and conclusions, including ramifications on historically-informed performance today"--

Subject

1. Conservatoire national supérieur de musique
2. 1800-1899
3. Horn (Musical instrument) > Instruction and study > History > France > Paris > 19th century
4. Horn (Musical instrument) > History > 19th century
5. Horn (Musical instrument)
6. Horn (Musical instrument) > Instruction and study
7. France > Paris

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Early horn tutors in France, the formation of the Conservatoire, and the Conservatoire's first horn teachers -- Valved brass instruments in Paris -- Hand and valve : Joseph-Émile Meifred, Jacques-François Gallay and horn teaching at the Conservatoire 1833-1863 -- Late Nineteenth-Century developments at the Conservatoire -- Applications to performing practices and hand and/or valve today.

Call number

1. JME 22-47

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-253) and index.

Author

1. Snedeker, Jeffrey Leighton, author.

Title

1. Horn teaching at the Paris Conservatoire, 1792 to 1903 : the transition from natural horn to valved horn / Jeffrey L. Snedeker.

Publisher

1. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-253) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1800-1899

Other form:

1. ebook version : 9781000405583

LCCN

1. 2021000803

ISBN

1. 9780367553807 hardcover
2. 0367553805 hardcover

Research call number

1. JME 22-47