Full Description
Friedrich von Huene (1929- ) is arguably the most important manufacturer of historical woodwinds in the 20th century. Since he began making recorders in 1958, von Huene has exerted a strong influence on the craft of building woodwind instruments and on the study of instrument-making, as he has helped to shape the emerging field of Early Music performance practice. Recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the American Musical Instrumental Society, the National Flute Association, and Early Music America, he has remained at the forefront of research and design of historical copies of recorders, flutes, and oboes. In a compelling narrative that combines biography, cultural history, and technical organological enquiry, Geoffrey Burgess explores von Huene's impact on the craft of historical instrument-making and the role organology has played in the emergence of the Early Music movement in the post-war era.
Contents
PrefaceIntroduction: Why Recorders?1. Childhood in Paradise2. Flight from Eden3. Training in a New World4. Friedrich the Great: Founding an Empire5. Trading Old Flutes for New6. Heydays7. At the Hub of an International Network8. Cause to Celebrate9. The von Huene LegacyEpilogueAppendix 1. Von Huene Family TreeAppendix 2. Summary ChronologyAppendix 3. List of HonorsAppendix 4. Recordings of Brandenburg IV with RecordersAppendix 5. List of Instruments Produced by von Huene WorkshopAppendix 6. Recorders and Traversos heard in the recordings by Frans BruggenAppendix 7. General DiscographyNotesBibliographyIndex
