The Cambridge Companion to the Recorder

'... an enjoyable and worthy addition (or beginning) to your music library.' American Recorder

• Foreword Daniel Brüggen; 1. The recorder in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Howard Mayer Brown; 2. The recorder's Medieval and Renaissance repertoire: a commentary Anthony Rowland-Jones; 3. The baroque recorder sonata Anthony Rowland-Jones; 4. The baroque chamber music repertoire Anthony Rowland-Jones; 5. The orchestral recorder Adrienne Simpson; 6. The eighteenth-century recorder concerto David Lasocki and Anthony Rowland-Jones; 7. Instruction books and methods for the recorder c.1500 to the present day David Lasocki; 8. The recorder revival i: the friendship of Bernard Shaw and Arnold Dolmetsch J. M. Thomson; 9. The recorder revival ii: the twentieth century and its repertoire Eve O'Kelly; 10. Professional recorder players i: pre-twentieth century David Lasocki; 11. Professional recorder players (and their instruments) ii: the twentieth century Eve O'Kelly; 12. The recorder in education Eve O'Kelly; 13. Facsimiles and editing Clifford Bartlett; 14. Guide to further reading Anthony Rowland-Jones.