This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is commonly thought that the recorder ceased to exist in the nineteenth century but research by Barnes, MacMillan, Tarasov, Thalheimer and ...

You may have played one (badly) in primary school... But the recorder is actually one of the most agile and sophisticated instruments of the baroque period. With its sweet, soothing, woody tone, and ...

Learn about Baroque Recorder Method - *AUDIO CD* A systematic method based on rhythm syllables, rhythm charts and tactile coordination of the fingers which leads to sound musicianship. This is for the ...

When she was a 5-year-old growing up in Phildadelphia, Judith Linsenberg’s mother gave her the option: recorder lessons or ice skating lessons. “My mother had friend with a daughter taking recorder ...

Who would have thought that a hollow piece of wood, adorned only with eight tiny holes and looking just as it did in the 14th Century, would become one of the glamor instruments of the `80s? Call it ...

Listen to this effect in J.S. Bach's 'Badinerie' from Suite No. 2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a longer ...

The Renaissance wind band -- Spectra Musica -- will be heard on Nov. 13 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lambertville. (Courtesy of Kevane & Company) The Delaware Valley has, over the years, been ...