Bücher der Reihe Early Music Series

This study identifies and describes the two early types of mandolin and presents the full extent of their repertoires, including works by Handel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Hummel, Beethoven and Sammartini, whose recently-discovered sonata is published here for the first time.

This is a study of the manufacture of brass instruments, particularly the trumpet, in Nuremberg during the 17th and 18th centuries. The book begins with a brief history of the trumpet and an introduction to the changes in style, shape and ornamentation that occurred over 200 years.

Editing Early Music is designed as a guide to editorial procedures suitable for music written from the Middle Ages to about 1830. In this revised edition the opportunity has been taken to make a number of corrections and to add a Postscript entitled `Stemmatics and Textual Criticism'. The bibliography has been updated.

This is a study of the flutes used in the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. It details the history of the transverse flute from 1500 until the early 19th century.