Bassoon Reed Making A Pedagogic History [Hardcover]

Withheld by leading pedagogues in an effort to control competition, the art of reed making in the early 20th century has been shrouded in secrecy, producing a generation of performers without reed making fluency. While tenets of past decades remain in modern pedagogy, Christin Schillinger details the historical pedagogical trends of bassoon reed making to examine the impact different methods have had on the practice of reed making and performance today. Schillinger traces the pedagogy of reed making from the earliest known publication addressing bassoon pedagogy in 1687 through the publication of Julius Weissenborns Praktische Fagott-Schule and concludes with an in-depth look at contemporary methodologies developed by Louis Skinner, Don Christlieb, Norman Herzberg, and Lewis Hugh Cooper. Aimed at practitioners and pedagogues of the bassoon, this book provides a deeper understanding of the history and technique surrounding reed-making craft and instruction.

Introduction
Part I: The History of Bassoon Pedagogy
1. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1803
An Oral Tradition
The Performer/Author: Cugnier and Ozi
The Founding of the Paris Conservatoire
2. Pedagogic Methods 1803-1887
Ozis Nouvelle m?thode de basson (1803) and Fr?hlichs Vollst?ndige theoretisch-praktische Musikschule (1811)
Almenraeders Die Kunst des Fagottblasens, oder, Vollst?ndige theoretische praktische, Fagottschule (1843) and Jancourts M?thode th?orique et pratique pour le basson (1845)
Weissenborns Praktische Fagott-Schule (1887)
Part II: The History of Bassoon Reed Making
3. Instrument Maker/Reed Maker
The Era of Long Lasting Reeds
Changing Demands: The Performer/Reed Maker Emerges
4. Performer/Reed Maker
Etienne Ozi: Transitional Figure
The Standardization of the Bassoon
Part III: The History of Bassoon Reed-Making Pedagogy
5. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1787
A Lineage
Cugniers Le Basson (1780) and Ozis M?thode nouvelle et raisonn?e pour llÃ.