Jeremy Montagu is former Curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and Lecturer in the University of Oxford. A baritone and French horn player, he is a leading authority on the history and development of instruments and owner of one of the finest instrument collections in private hands. He is the author of several works on musical instruments, their construction and their history, including Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press 2001) and Origins and Development of Musical Instruments (Scarecrow Press 2007). He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and is President of the Galpin Society, the premier international society for the study of musical instruments.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsProtocol of Measurements and AbbreviationsPreludeChapter 1: Seaweed, Bark, Cane, and Gourd,Chapter 2: Side-blown HornsChapter 3: Shell TrumpetsChapter 4: Shorter End-blown HornsChapter 5: Longer end-blown TrumpetsChapter 6: ‘Orchestral’ Trumpets and Slide TrombonesChapter 7: Orchestral Natural HornsChapter 8: Valved Horns, Trumpets, and TrombonesChapter 9: Bugles and CornetsChapter 10: Fingerhole HornsChapter 11: AccessoriesChapter 12: PlayingChapter 13: BibliographyInstrument IndexManufacturer IndexCatalogue NumbersGeneral Index

Montagu focuses here on horns' and trumpets' histories, construction and design, and performance issues. Drawing from his extensive experience as a performer and as a curator of Oxford's Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, he incorporates the works of numerous other performers, historians, and organologists of the past hundred years or so. This narrative functions at once as a catalog of horns and trumpets in Montagu's collection, a documentary on the purposes and functions of these instruments, and a personal account of the author's experiences in collecting and playing instruments. Montagu defines the differences and similarities between trumpets and horns in their diverse guises throughout the world. Arranging this volume historically and by materials used for constructing the instruments, Montagu covers the instruments' broad spectrum in a very personal, practical, and colloquial style. Multiple black-and-white photographs and illustrations support descriptions of the instruments and other items from the author's collection. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.