The late 17th century through to the end of the 18th century saw rapid progress in the development of woodwind instruments and the composition of a vast body of

The late 17th century through to the end of the 18th century saw rapid progress in the development of woodwind instruments and the composition of a vast body of

This early German 'do-it-yourself' manual tells us about music-making in the years just before the Reformation.

Historians of instruments and instrumental music have long recognised that there was a period of profound change in the seventeenth century, when the consorts o

Originally published in 1752, this is a new paperback edition of the classic treatise on 18th-century musical thought, performance practice, and style