The Eloquent Oboe: A History of the Hautboy from 1640 to 1760
- Author: Haynes, Bruce
The Eloquent Oboe is to be commended: it contains more practical information about the early oboe, its music, and its technique than any other single source, and will thus be useful for increasing... — More…
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Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Musical Examples
- Mechanics
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Transition from Shawm to Hautboy in France
- Chapter 2 The Physical Characteristics of the Hautboy
- Chapter 3 1670-1700: The Spread of the 'French Hoboye'
- Chapter 4 Playing the Hautboy
- Chapter 5 1700-1730: The International Hautboy
- Chapter 6 Bach and the Hautboy
- Chapter 7 1730-1760: Italian Ascendancy and the Rise of the Narrow-bore Hautboy
- Afterword
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index