Oboe Unbound

Contemporary Techniques

Libby Van Cleve (Autor)

Media-Kombination

125 Seiten

2004
Scarecrow Press
978-0-8108-5031-6 (ISBN)

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After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players both in jazz and in contemporary settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century.

Oboists, forever obsessing over reeds and the demands of their finicky instrument, have lagged somewhat behind their more adventurous colleagues. This resource seeks to open up the tradition-bound assumptions of that instrument's capabilities. Not only does it include descriptions of the instrument's standard technique (such as range, reeds, and use of vibrato); but it provides a discussion of the many techniques that have recently been utilized (such as multiphonics, microtones, altered timbres, extended range, and many others) along with numerous musical examples and hundreds of fingerings. The fingering charts are extremely reliable, having been tested by a range of oboists with varying reed styles and instruments. A concluding chapter provides basic information about the use of electronics for amplification, recording, and sound enhancement. The book's appendices include a substantial bibliography of music and literature, a discography including jazz, non-western, and art music recordings, and a CD with examples of all the contemporary sounds as well as two previously unreleased compositions. With its wide range of detailed information, is a thorough resource for oboists and composers, from beginners to professionals.

Libby Van Cleve is Adjunct Oboe Professor at Wesleyan University and Connecticut College and is Associate Director of Oral History, American Music at Yale University.

Part 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 1 Introduction Chapter 3 2 Monophonic Techniques Chapter 4 3 Multiphonic Techniques Chapter 5 4 Other Resources Chapter 6 5 Electronics for the Oboe: A Primer Part 7 Appendix 1: Standard Fingering Chart for the Oboe Part 8 Appendix 2: Apocrypha Score Part 9 Appendix 3: CD Contents Part 10 Selected Music Bibliography Part 11 Selected Literature Bibliography Part 12 Selected Discography Part 13 Index Part 14 About the Author Part 15 Diagram of Symbols and Oboe Keys

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2004
Reihe/Serie	The New Instrumentation Series ; No.8
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 254 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenunterrricht
ISBN-10	0-8108-5031-1 / 0810850311
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-5031-6 / 9780810850316
Zustand	Neuware