The baroque bassoon: form, construction, acoustics and playing qualities

The bassoon was newly invented in the 1670s-1680s as one of several musical innovations that emerged from Paris, and spread rapidly across Europe. The essential elements of its structure - four wooden parts plus a brass crook, with three or four keys - remained stable for the next seventy years, but...

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Main Author: Dart, Mathew
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7328/1/542795_Vol1.pdf
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