Description
This is the definitive book on bassoon reed making. A timeless masterpiece of bassoon literature that offers detailed instructions on bassoon reed making, voluminous references, highly instructive photos, and a historical perspective of the elusive art of bassoon reed making. It’s often referred to as ‘The Bible Of Bassoon Reed Making’.
This is the most recently updated and edited 4th edition which is now spiral bound. If you have one bassoon reed making book in your library – this is the one to have.
Mark Popkin led a vast performing career which included engagements at the New York City Center Opera and Ballet, the New Jersey and Houston Symphonies, Symphony of the Air, Musica Aeterna, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Casals Festival and the New York Philharmonic. He was a member of the Clarion Wind Quintet and faculty member of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He was the co-director of the Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp.
Loren Glickman was one of the founding artists of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He performed at the White House, the United Nations, and on many tours throughout the continental United States and Alaska. He participated in the Casals Festival, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Spoleto Festival, and the Madeira Bach Festival. He has been a guest artist in concerts with the Juilliard, the Guarneri, the Lenox, and the Alexander Schneider string quartets, and recorded chamber music on Columbia Records, Angel Records, Vanguard, MGM, Kapp and Counterpoint Records. He has composed music for many films, and commercials and has transcribed over 100 pieces for bassoon, solo and ensemble. Mr. Glickman has written three books, including this, the definitive book on reed making, which he co-authored with Mark Popkin. He was the co-director of the Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp, and was on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Queens College, and Montclair State University.
160 pages. Spiral bound, which allows pages to turn freely and stay put without the need to manually hold them open.
