The Recorder

David Lasocki, Robert Ehrlich, Nikolaj Tarasov , Michala Petri

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English

23 February 2023

Music; Wind instruments

Series: Yale Musical Instrument Series

The fascinating story of a hugely popular instrument, detailing its rich and varied history from the Middle Ages to the present

The recorder is perhaps best known today for its educational role. Although it is frequently regarded as a stepping-stone on the path toward higher musical pursuits, this role is just one recent facet of the recorder’s fascinating history—which spans professional and amateur music-making since the Middle Ages.

In this new addition to the Yale Musical Instrument Series, David Lasocki and Robert Ehrlich trace the evolution of the recorder. Emerging from a variety of flutes played by fourteenth-century soldiers, shepherds, and watchmen, the recorder swiftly became an artistic instrument for courtly and city minstrels. Featured in music by the greatest Baroque composers, including Bach and Handel, in the twentieth century it played a vital role in the Early Music Revival and achieved international popularity and notoriety in mass education. Overall, Lasocki and Ehrlich make a case for the recorder being surprisingly present, and significant, throughout Western music history.

By: David Lasocki, Robert Ehrlich, Nikolaj Tarasov, Michala Petri
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780300118704
ISBN 10: 0300118708
Series: Yale Musical Instrument Series
Publication Date: 23 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Recorder

An engaging book, brimming with observations that provide an unprecedentedly vivid account of the recorder's roots and evolution. --James Kopp, author of The Bassoon --James Kopp One of the most in-depth general books on the recorder. --Thiemo Wind, musicologist and author of Jacob van Eyck and the Others --Thiemo Wind