A brilliant kaleidoscope
...
This book is presented in homage to the
Australian recorder maker Frederick G.
Morgan (1940–1999) who profoundly influenced the
development of the early music movement and the quality of recorder
making.
54 authors from
fifteen countries – including many of the world’s best
recorder players and instrument makers – describe their interaction
with him, giving astonishing insights into the
relationship between the artist and the
instrument in the search for expression through music.
Fred Morgan’s own
essays about recorder making and original instruments,
compliment these personal accounts and artistic reflections; his
particularly clear and penetrating style make the fascinating story
of the revival of the recorder accessible to all.
For this book stunning
new images of the Frans Brüggen Recorder Collection
were made. These are precious, original instruments from the 18th
century, whose value has been further enhanced by the accurate and
legendary drawings of them made and previously published by Fred
Morgan. They represent the historic inheritance of old recorders
whose quality to this day is still the ideal.
Thus, a brilliant
kaleidoscope is provided – a formidable text book and an
illuminating picture book – that transcends the appreciation of a
single recorder maker: it shows in essence how intimately instrument
making and musical practice are interwoven and traces the continuous
conversation between builder and musician.
Excerpt (PDF:
Contents and 5 Pages)
208 pages, 126 pictures, cloth with dust jacket
ISBN: 978-3-00-021216-1
(German edition)
ISBN: 978-3-00-021215-4 (English edition)
39,– €
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