Recorder
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The
recorder comes from the ancient family of fipple flutes (flutes
with a fixed windway formed by a wooden plug or block) and is
distinguished from other flutes in the fipple family because
it has holes for seven fingers and one hole for the thumb which
acts as an octave vent.
- Descriptions of recorders are recorded as
early as the 12th century. They have a tone that is sweet and
keen and sounds best with other soft instruments of the thirteenth
to fifteenth centuries. The "Renaissance" recorder
was developed during the fifteenth century and has a rich, bold
sound ideally suited to the instrumental music of that time.
They are commonly used in consort with these instruments and
as an accompaniment to voice. They reached the height of their
popularity in the mid-16th century.
- Addame on the Bass Recorder
For the Mac (AIFF) 103K or
(SND) 103K
For the PC (WAV) 103K
For the Unix (AU) 103K
RealAudio (RA) 28K
A recorder of this new kind is shown in The Concert, a tapestry
from ca 1500 (Musee des Thermes
et de l'Hotel de Cluny, Paris).
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(Photos courtesy of Jonathan M. Askey at website The
London Early Music Shop - see credits)
(Sound files courtesy ofYasuhiko Higaki's website Renaissance
Consort
http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/cons1/)
- You may want to visit the following outside
of Virtual Renaissance:
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- The Recorder Home Page
- http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/recorder.html
- Great site for all interested in the recorder.
Contains articles, technique hints, as well as links to source
material, books & journals, recorder making, composers, players,
recordings, education, software, societies, and others.
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References:
Baines, Anthony. European & American Musical Instruments.
Viking Press, New York, 1966.
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- Buchner, Dr. Alexander (translated by Iris
Urwin). Musical Instruments Through the Ages. Batchworth
Press Limited, London, England, 1961.
Haas, Karl. Inside Music: How to understand, listen to,
and enjoy good music. Doubleday, New York, 1984. ISBN:
0-385-18536-7
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- Hindley, Geoffrey (ed.). The Larousse
Encyclopedia of Music. Excalibur Books, New York, 1982.
Authors: The VirRen Team led by C.S.Marszalek & B.Panagakis
Created: 8 August 1996; Modified: 23 August 2004
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