Par BAINES ANTHONY. This superior study by a leading authority is considered the definitive work on woodwinds. The two-part survey combines a discussion of design and construction with a detailed history of the evolution of instruments from earliest times to the present. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. Includes 75 illustrations, 25 musical examples, and 16 fingering charts. Reprint of the Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1977 third edition./ Livre / Livre Musical

Par NELSON SHEILA MARY. This comprehensive view of the Violin and Viola by a professional violinist, teacher and author details the historical development and changing structure of these two instruments. The text covers the contributions of Stradivarius and the legendary Cremona school of makers, techniques and improvements advocated by such celebrated teachers and Geminiani, Tartini and Leopold Mozart; the great schools of players - from Corelli to Paganini; and the demands imposed by the growth of the nineteenth-century Orchestra. Further chapters include information of teaching and acoustics, scientific properties of the vibrating string, the harmonic series, tone colour and intonation, andthe volume contains musical examples, diagrams, illustrations and photographs./ Livre / Livre Musical

curated by Maurizio Franco Essays, histoires, une anthologie d'écrits et d'entrevues, un discografiaessenziale et un certain nombre de partitions. Concerts, interviews et témoignages caractères de diimportanti DVD dans le monde du jazz. / Livre Musical