Oboe Catalog 18 5/19/21 Van Cott Information Services, Inc. presents Member: International Double Reed Society Oboe Books, Music, and More! This catalog includes oboe books, reed books, CDs, woodwind books, and general music books. We are happy to ac- cept Purchase Orders from University Music Departments, Libraries and Bookstores. We also have clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, and flute books, videos and CDs. You may order online, by fax, or phone. To order or for the latest infor- mation visit our web site at http://www.vcisinc.com. Bindings: HB: Hard Bound, PB: Perfect Bound (paperback with square spine), SS: Saddle Stitch (paper, folded and stapled), SB: Spiral Bound (plastic or metal). Shipping: Heavy item, US Media Mail ship- ping charges based on weight. Free US Media Mail shipping if ordered with another item. Price and availability subject to change. Table of Contents Ob027. Commentary on Stefan Wolpe’s Sonata for Oboe Books ........................................................................... 1 Oboe and Piano by Josef Marx completed and edited by Patricia Spencer. Josef Marx Music, 1994, SS, 64 pages. This Oboe Music ........................................................................... 2 book contains Josef Marx's detailed and careful observations Excerpts and Parts ........................................................ 2 of editing discrepancies between the various copies of this Master Classes .............................................................. 3 work as well as comments on changes that were made during Methods ........................................................................ 3 thirty years of rehearsals with the composer. Marx outlines Music ............................................................................ 4 many textual ambiguities that await the performer, showing Music Collections ......................................................... 9 where freedom and responsibility lie Studies and Exercises .................................................. 10 19.95 Oboe Music Minus One ....................................................... 12 Ob0156. The Eloquent Oboe, A History of the Haut- Repair Books ........................................................................ 12 boy from 1640 to 1760 by Bruce Haynes. Oxford Univer- Woodwind Books ................................................................ 12 sity Press, 2001/207, PB, 560 pages. This is a massive and Woodwind Music ................................................................ 13 well-illustrated history of the hautboy, the Baroque oboe. General Music Books ........................................................... 14 Between 1640 and 1760 this instrument underwent dramatic changes in both function and physical form, and the majority Acoustics and Theory .................................................. 14 of its solo and changer repertoire was composed. The author Health and Physical Performance ............................... 15 examines in detail the hautboy's structure, its players, makers, Performance (Mental and Technical) .......................... 15 and composers, issues of performing style and period tech- Reference, History, and General ................................. 17 niques, how and where the instrument was played, and who Oboe and English Horn CDs ................................................ 19 listened to it. The new paperback edition of this book. Woodwind CDs ................................................................... 20 74.95 Ordering Information .......................................................... 20 Ob011. The Embryonic Oboist by William T. Robinson, III. Ligature Publications, 2001, SB, 109 pages. Subtitled An Illustrated Guide for Beginning Oboe Players, this is a valua- Oboe Books ble book for woodwind method classes, band directors, and Ob043. The Art of the Cor Anglais, Third Edition by teenage and older beginners. As the subtitle indicates it is Geoffrey Browne. Sycamore Publishing, 2000, SS, 54 pages. filled with photos and drawings to illustrate the text. Subjects This is primarily a book of cor anglais solos from the orches- include oboe key systems, reed preparation, embouchure tral repertoire with performance notes. It also includes short formation, hand and finger positions, fundamental fingerings, sections on reeds, circular breathing, historical notes, notes oboe care and reed knife sharpening. for composers, and other subjects. 24.95 31.95 Ob008. Essays for Oboists by Jay Light. Alborada Publica- Ob001. The Art of Oboe Playing by Robert Sprenkle tions, 1994, SB, 219 pages. The author, who writes with en- and David Ledet. Summy-Birchard Inc., SS, 96 pages. Written gaging style, addresses the topics: The First Few Lessons -- In to illuminate and to help solve some of the problems that the Beginning, Long Tones -- Milk for oboists: You Never confront oboists and their teachers. The subjects covered are Outgrow Your Need for It, Mind Games, Articulation -- Start- the concept of learning, selecting and instrument, producing ing the Sounding and Keeping it Going, Dynamics, Musings the tone, controlling the tone, problems of phrasing, prob- on the Terms "Oboe Players, Musicians and Artists", Note lems of practice, the English horn, and fingerings. The re- Groupings - the Basic Structural Unit of Music, "How Do You mainder of the book is a detailed guide to oboe reed making. Get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Man, Practice!", Performance 18.95 Tips -- Do's and Don'ts, Professionalism, Responsibility and Accountability, Vi-i-i-i-bra-a-a-a-to-o-o-o, The Rest of the Good News About Long Tones, Odds and Ends, Postscript -- A Downer; But With Hope. 29.95 Order online at: http://www.vcisinc.com 2 Ob013. Music for Oboe, 1650 to 1800 - A Bibliog- Ob003. Oboe Reed Styles by David A. Ledet. Indiana raphy by Bruce Haynes. Scarecrow Press, 1992, HB, 432 University Press, Bloomington IN, 1981/2008, PB, 212 pages. pages. The purpose of this book is to include every solo and This isn't a book which teaches the basics of reed making. chamber piece that was intended by its composer to be Instead, the author has studied the reed making of 81 artists played on the oboe (with qualifications listed by the author). from 14 countries and presents his findings. Each reed has It includes 10,515 pieces. Entries are listed by composer and been photographed in direct light and silhouette to show the categorized by instrumentation. Indexes include a list of en- thickness and shape of the elements of the reed. The author tries by instrumentation, solos for hautecontre/oboe d'amore, also provides measurements of the reeds and a frequency pieces involving taille, and solos written between 1680-1710. distribution of these dimensions and identifies various nation- The end matter also includes an extensive list of works con- al reed styles. Other subjects covered in the book are respira- sulted, libraries by country, and abbreviations used. tion, articulation, embouchure, the instrument, the acoustics 94.95 of the room, and the listener. This book has recently been reprinted after being unavailable for several years. Ob074. The Oboe by Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes. Yale University Press, 2004, PB, 432 pages. In this book two 19.95 distinguished oboist-musicologists trace the history of the Ob024. Oboe Technique by Evelyn Rothwell. Oxford oboe from its earliest forms to the present time, discussing University Press, Third Edition of 1982 reprinted in 2002, PB, how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it 103 pages. This book is intended for those learning to play the and which players were prominent. A comprehensive, well- oboe. Principle topics include the oboe, breath control, em- illustrated book, with extensive notes, bibliography, discogra- bouchure control, tongue control, finger control, reeds, and phy, and index. practice. Appendices cover the breathing muscles, the English 28.95 horn, and a list of music. Ob0002. Oboe by Leon Goossens & Edwin Roxburgh. 27.95 Kahn & Averill, London, PB, 238 pages. This book that was Ob066. Oboe Unbound by Libby Van Cleve. Scarecrow originally published in 1977 (and revised in 1980) is now Press, 2004, PB, 136 pages + CD. This book provides a dis- available again in the US. This book combines the talent and cussion of contemporary techniques (such as multiphonics, experience of the legendary virtuoso, Edwin Goossens, and microtones, altered timbres, extended range, and many oth- the contemporary composer/oboist Edwin Roxburgh. Part ers) along with numerous musical examples and hundreds of One covers the history of the oboe including the alto, tenor, fingerings. Included is a CD with examples of all the contem- bass oboe and the heckelphone. Part Two covers reeds and porary sounds as well as two previously unpublished compo- modern oboe technique. Part Three is on music including sitions. A valuable resource for oboists and composers. playing baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th century music. 57.95 The book concludes with a list of manufacturers, repertoire, Ob186. Oboemotions, What Every Oboe Player finger charts bibliography, and discography. Needs to Know About the Body by Stephen Caplan. Gia 19.95 Publications, 2009, SB, 168 pages. Oboemotions is the defini- Ob006. Oboe A Reed Blown in the Wind by Marion tive volume on using Body Mapping technique to help oboists Whittow. Puffit Publications, London, 1991, printing of 1999, and other double-reed players prevent injury and develop the PB, 236 pages. This book is a comprehensive