HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT COLUMN: Looking at the Past: Why Play Historical Brass?
Of course you would expect the Historical Instruments column to look at the past, but the past stretches from the moment that you’ve read the…
Instrument: Serpent
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: Looking at the Past II: “God Save Us from the Ancient Serpent”
Historical Performance Standards: Low Brass Was Berlioz unique in having “modern” standards? That he was not a lone voice is demonstrated in many of the…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: LOOKING AT THE PAST III: “Travelling into the Past”
The ophicleide was still in use in some orchestras as late as the end of the nineteenth century, little more than a hundred years ago…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: Explorations in 3D Printing: Copying a Serpent
An earlier version of this article appeared in the February 2016 edition of the Galpin Society Newsletter and the Spring 2016 issue of The Serpent Newsletter. The finished…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: The Dawn of Exploration for the English Bass Horn? by Craig Kridel
New interest is emerging for instruments that have been a mere afterthought to the church serpent and ophicleide-namely, bass horns. The editors of second edition…
HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS: The Serpent Known as ” French “: Aspects of the Instrument and its Sound By Volny Hostiou
The Clifford Bevan Award for Excellence in Research ITEA established the Clifford Bevan Award for Excellence in Research to encourage the highest level of research…
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE TUBA AND ITS PREDECESSORS – Robert E. Eliason
(a continuing series) Robert E. EliasonCurator of Musical Instruments – Henry Ford MuseumT.U.B.A. Coordinator – Tuba/Euphonium History This improvement on the serpent was introduced by…
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE TUBA AND ITS PREDECESSORS – Robert E. Eliason
(a continuing series) Robert E. EliasonCurator of Musical Instruments – Henry Ford MuseumT.U.B.A. Coordinator – Tuba/Euphonium History [Editor’s note: This article and picture represent the…
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE TUBA AND ITS PREDECESSORS – Robert E. Eliason
(a continuing series) Robert E. EliasonCurator of Musical Instruments – Henry Ford MuseumT.U.B.A. Coordinator – Tuba/Euphonium History During the last half of the 18th century…
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE TUBA AND ITS PREDECESSORS – Robert E. Eliason
(a continuing series) Robert E. EliasonCurator of Musical Instruments – Henry Ford MuseumT.U.B.A. Coordinator – Tuba/Euphonium History The Abbe’ Lebeuf Mémoires Concernant l’histoire Civile et…