This book traces the evolution of trumpets, horns, trombones and tubas from primitive and ancient precursors to the orchestral instruments of today. The intention is to develop the subject's historical perspective in breadth rather than to present a detailed tool for scholarship', and the fresh and often challenging approach is both stimulating and informative. Like its predecessor, Anthony Baines's Woodwind Instruments and their History, the book contains a large bibliography and is copiously illustrated with drawings and music examples, and with plates showing numerous instruments and components of instruments which have not been reproduced before.

Anthony Baines

Brass Instruments: Their History and Development