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Harpsichord and Fortepiano The unique magazine for the enthusiast of early keyboards. Articles include in depth coverage of technique, maintenance, repertoire and international events. This magazine emcompases all aspects of the harpsichord and its music and is relevant world wide. $26 for a 1 year subscription of 2 issues per year Shipping: Surface Mail-free Air Mail-add $13

The Recorder Magazine The leading English magazine with a universal appeal for makers and players of the instrument. Insightful articles by experts on recorder related subjects. News and reviews of music and concerts. $26 for a 1 year subscription of 4 issues per year Shipping: Surface Mail-free Air Mail-add $13

Early Music Performer The journal dedicated to the performance of early music is of great interest to performers and musicologists with a concern in early music with its wide range of articles on authentic performance practice throughout the years. $26 for a 1 year subscription of 2 issues per year Shipping: Surface Mail-free Air Mail-add $13

Recorder Magazine Back Issues

We carry an archive of back issues of the recorder magazine. Each substantial magazine that is listed in our archive below is normally $6.50, but they have recently been put on sale for $3.00 to make room for more recent back issues. The editions below are what we keep on hand as they have been very popular with recorder players as reference material for practice, study, exercise and they are a great look at the recorder world. If you need back issues that you don't see here, please request them at the bottom of this page.

Edition: March 1985, Vol. 08, No. 05

• Hettrick: Agricola's Poetic Discussion of the Recorder ..Part 1: 1529
  A fine and properly based foundation for learning to play recorders, krummhorns, cornettos, pommers, shawms and bagpipes directly from vocal notation, and proper fingering.
• Bloodworth: The Baroque Fingered Recorder
  An examination of 18th century fingering charts. The purpose of the article is to consider Baroque fingering; compare it to modern English fingering and evaluate it.
• Reviews of New Recorder Music
  Mancini: Sonata VII, A,Bc; Bresgen: Seven Pieces, AT; Hotteterre: Premiere et Duexieme Suittes de Pieces; Bach, JS Partita, BWV 1013; Boismortiere: Preludes and Pieces 2r ; Debussy: La Filloe Aux Cheveux De Lin, rec. ensm.; several others
• Hersom: Music in Schools: Curious Children
  Teaching children tables. The numerical components of music theory.
• REVIEW: New Music for Schools
  Burden: 7 French Songs S,G; Reichenthal: Easy Melodies for S/A and Gtr Manfredini: Xmas Concerto-SATB; Enfield: Times Past (16th century dances)-SAAT Haydn: Surprise Symphony SATB; plus 2 others

Edition: June 1985, Vol. 08, No. 06

• Lasocki: New Dating for Handel's Recorder Sonatas
  New research from Handel scholars
• Hettrick: Agricola's Poetic Discussion of the Recorder...Part 2: 1545
  A continuation of last month's article.
• MacCillan: 'A New Concerto, Compos'd by Mr Woodcock'
  A talk about Woodcock's "New concerto" and the true origins of the author.
• Martin, Ann: The Role of the Recorder in the Primary School
  Discussion of being aware of the different ways that the recorder can be utilized in a variety of activities; best use of the pupil's playing abilities.
• Hersom: The Importance of Being Good Listeners
  A discussion on pitch and playing
• REVIEWS: New Music for Young Players
  Sanvoisin/ Billaudot: 4 Seasons for S; Scarlatti: Siciliano, SATB consort/recorders; Bizet: Farandole, recs, Perc; Woolf-Skinner: Sing at Xmas, SA/ST,vo.Pf,glock

Edition: Sept 1985, Vol. 08, No. 07

• Hettrick: Agricola's Poetic Discussion of the Recorder Part 2 CONCLUSION
  The conclusion of this 3-part series.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Fontana: Sonatas Settima, Ottava..RR, Bc; Telemann: 6 Canonic Sonatas, Op. 5 Hotteterre: Deuxieme Suite de Pieces (1712) 2 recs Caix d'Hervelois: Suite, Op 6/2 D Major S/T
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching
  Impressions of the one-handed recorder.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Bonsor: Hoe-Down, Fiesta, Beguine; Bonsor: Treble Recorder Showcase - A, Pf; Hand: Come and Play Again - S/A, Pf; Dinn: Dovetales Tunes - SS/AA; Carley: Recs. with Orff Ensem. I-III

Edition: Dec 1985 Vol. 08, No. 08

• Skins: The Recorder as Image-Maker
  A look at the recorder through history.
• Loretto: Improvements or Modifications - Which?
  Developments of recorder making in the 20th century
• Woods,Tim: Recorder Voicing Structures
  Some ideas on the subject of new blocks and voicing based on observations of old recorders and flageolets. Diagrams included.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Handel: Sonate#4 T/S,Pf; Concerto F Maj, A, str, Bc; Mancini: Sonata 10 B minor A, Bc; Marcello: 3 Sonatas A, Bc; Santini: 3 Sonatas, Op. 2 A, Bc; Purcell:Theatre Tunes S,Pf; Sonata Op 1/15 S,Bc; 14 others:Lully; Bonsor++
• Hersom: A Real + Brian Bonsor
  A discussion of the 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 fingering method
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players of Any Age
  Seiber (Bloodworth): Dance Suite, Bks I and II-SATB; Bonsor:From Descant to Treble, Bk. I and II; Purcell:Trumpet Tune and Ayre - SATB

Edition: March 1986, Vol. 08, No. 09

• Interview with Evelyn Nallen
  Nallen made her debut at the Wigmore Hall - and is now preparing for her solo concert April 18, 1986. A talk about the last 7 years.
• Wyatt: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
  A terrific review of the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet's performance at Wigmore Hall, October 24, 1985.
• Composers of Recorder Music 4
  A listing and brief bio of the composers of recorder music; 1492- 1900's: Faber(early 18th C); Fasch (1688-1758); Fischer, JCF(1670-1746); Fischer, JC (1733-1800); Fulton (1909- ); Ganassi (1492 - mid-16th C) ++ Genzmer (1909- ); Graupner (1683-1760)
• Paul Clark's version of "ORPHEUS" - PLAYING SCORE
  Clarks arr. of Erasmus Widmann's "Musicalischer Tugendtspiegel, 1613)
• Book Reviews
  Alker, Hugo: Blockfloten Bibliographie, 2 vols. Getreau, Florence and others: La Facture Instrumentale Europeenne: Suprematies Nationales at Enrichssement Mutuel
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Quantz:Caprise and Fantasias, A Grainer (Bonsor) Mock Morris - SAT,Pf Bach,JS: Triosonata in B Flat BWV1039 - AA,Bc; Sonata F Maj BWV1033-A Telemann:Douze Nouvelles Fantasias...-A; and others:Attaignant, Linde+++ Mortaro: Conzoni da sonare...SATB/SAAT
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching
  Questions and answers...communication barriers, from descant to tenor... new compositions using recorders.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Evry: Recorder Swing Time - SAT; Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - recs, perc Randall: Songs of the Beatles, Vol. 3 -rec quartet

Edition: June 1986, Vol. 08, No. 10

• Wyatt: Organizing a One-to-a-part Course
  How to organize large groups of players.
• Hunt: The Recorder Music of Edmund Rubbra
  A look at Rubbra and his musical style.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Henry VIII: Consort in 3 parts; Ball,M: Danserye, Op. 21 - S,Pf Charlton: Cha Cha Dolce - SATB) Ayre Conditioned - (SATB) Idyllwild Suite (SATB) Bach,JS: Air (SATB); Forlane and Minuet (NSAB/SSTB) Palestrina?:11 Hexachord vocalises - (AAAB and TTTB)
• Hunt: Handel's Instrumental Solo Sonatas in Facsimile
  A review and discussion.
• REVIEW: Music for Recorder and Guitar
  Holborne: Five Dances - SS,G; Bataille/Moulinie: Airs de Cour - S,G Handel: Sonatas Op. 1/4 in A minor, No. 7 in C. No. 11 in F - A,G Buschmann:Very New Moods - SA,G
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching Recorder
  When "near enough" is not! (some more questions)
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Haydn: Ox Minuet - rec quartet, perc.; Picard: Allegria - SS/AA Russell-Smith: Builders of tomorrow - S recs, Pf Linde:Five Studies for Alto and Piano; and several others

Edition: Sept 1986, Vol. 08, No. 11

• Griffioen: French Melodies in van Eyck's "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
  An article dealing with the titles and origins of Van Eyck's work; specifically with those that were part of the French air de cour repertoire of the early 17th century.
• Wyatt: Being Your Own Publisher
  Wyatt shares his experience as a practical guide to publishing your own compositions
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Handel:Water Music - SATB, Bc; Gluck:Dances of the Blessed Spirits -SATB Corelli: Trio in D minor - ATB; deFesch: Sonata in G - S,Pf/H/O Klier: Inti Raymi - recs,perc,G and others
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching
  First and last and other thoughts
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Bach:Six Chorales - SSAT; Staeps: Inventions - Autumn Son - SAT,G Recorder Consort,Vol. III (Rosenberg) Wuytack: Variation intercontinenales sur "Au clair de la lune" - rec, orff

Edition: Dec 1986, Vol. 08, No. 12

• Hunt: Ranges of Instrumental Parts in Dowland's Consort Music
  The 'table of ranges' missing from Dowland's Complete Consort Music - the first printing (Schott)
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Formschneyder: Trium Vocum Carmina - 3 instr - Vol. I and II Vinzenzi: Canzoni di Diversi - 4-6 i, Vol. III (of above) ; Dornel: Suite I - A,Bc Danican-Philidor:6 Suites - A,Bc; 2 Suites - A,Bc and others Bigi:Sonata - A,Bc Sammartini:Concerto..-r,Pf
• University of the Third Age: Teaching Younger vs. Older Students
  A look at teaching younger vs. older students
• Clark, Paul: Reading and Sight Reading
  Paul Clarks observations on teaching sight reading. Includes an original Suite composed by Paul Clark for the Welsh Course referred to in the article.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Mozart: 4th Mvmnt (Rondo) Eine kleine nachtmusik - SATB, opt perc Purcell: Suite: The Indian Queen - S,Pf; Stoker: Little Dance Suite - SAA/SAT Dale: Ten Descant/Treble Duets; Songs of Wales -quartet; and others++

Edition: March 1987, Vol. 09, No. 01

• Thorn: Susato's Danserye
  A examination of Giesbert's edition; dance / playing notes;
• Holtslag: Peter Holtslag in Conversation with Evelyn Nallen
  A dinner conversation between the two.
• Hunt: The Recorder often Leads to other Early Instruments
  Comparisons and observations of the benefits of recorder players playing the crumhorn among other instruments.
• REVIEWS: Books (recorder literature)
  Rowland-Jones: Recorder Technique Intermediate-Advanced Toff: Development of the Modern Flute
• REVIEWS: New Music for Recorders
  Too many to list! Reviews of music by Schmelzer, Woodcock, Fonatana, Loeillet, Staeps, Iglo, Telemann, Hotteterre, de Fesch; Boulin; Vivaldi and several others.
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching
  Reviews of new instruments (plastic Yamaha recorders), recorder joints; beginners books and so on.

Edition: June 1987, Vol. 09, No. 02

• Loretto: Self Inflicted Injuries (to the recorder) and the Average Recorder Player
  Damage un-knowingly caused by recorder players can be avoided.
• Hunt: Serpent in the Midst (story about the Serpent instrument)
  Amusing instruction on the playing of the Serpent
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Reviewed are: Herberle, Duncan-Philidor; Fontana; Bach; Werdin; Maztuszczak;Telemann; Van Eyck; Carr; Hoogwegt and several others
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching: EXAM FEVER
  The benefits vs. detriment of exams.
• Mrs. Pykett: In Appreciation of Wm. Benoy 1913-1984
  In memorandum of his contributions to the world of music.
• Lewin: Experiences with a School Early Music Group
  Setting up an Early Music Group in primary schools.
• REVIEW: Music for Young Players
  Evry: Recorder Swing Time- trios; Bonsor: Tenor Recorder Solos Keetman/Ronnefield: English Dancing Master-SSA,Perc; Leenhouts: When Shall the Sun Shine-SATB; and several others

Edition: Sept 1987, Vol. 09, No. 03

• Taylor: Viol without Tears
  Taylor talks about the "graduation" from recorder playing to viol playing. A how-to guide; Also combining viols and recorders. He states that recorder players add viols to their list of skills with ease.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  de Pres: Cueurs Desoles and other Quartets -SATB; Bach: 2 Fugues Delius: To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water-SAATTB Mozart:Sonata A Major-quartet; and several others.
• O'Kelly: Music-making despite Exams- or because of them
  1st of a 3-part series examining the music set for grades 1 to 5 in the 1987-1990 Trinity College of Music Recorder Syllabus. O'Kelly discussed the obstacles grade by grade, in overcoming and mastering the requirements.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Bullock: Chart Classics - S, Pf; Self: Make a New Sound (text only) Evry: Recorder Swing Time 2-SAT; and several others.

Edition: Dec 1987, Vol. 09, No. 04

• Stobart: The Devil's Music
  A report on Bolivia's fiesta of Todos Santos (all Saints); the food, festivities and instruments used to bring it altogether. Photos.
• Boxall: Why not a Harpsichord?
  Very well known and respected, Maria Boxall, discusses the history and mechanics of the harpsichord. Diagrams.
• O'Kelly: About Learning and Teaching:Trinity College, Part 2
  Part 2 of a 3-part series examining the music set for grades 1 to 5 in the 1987-1990 Trinity College of Music Recorder Syllabus. O'Kelly discussed the obstacles grade by grade, in overcoming and mastering the requirements.
• Hersom: In the Beginning: Teaching
  Methods of tutoring beginners. The author appreciates Bonsor's method in "Enjoy the Recorder" of making a nice sound to start -- versus "cover this hole and that".
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Bresgen: Spanish Suite-SAATB; Werdin: Christmas Songs-SA recs,vo; Lawton: The Young Recorder Player-grade arr of rec, Pf, Bks, 1 and 2; Guzowski: 8 Polish Songs-2-3S;

Edition: March 1988, Vol. 09, No. 05

• Duggan: A Practice Baroque Recorder
  Theory and construction of the baroque recorder; tuning; over-view and how-to of the unfamiliar fingerings. Diagrams and photos.
• Hersom: Thoughts on Conducting Groups, Classes or Branches
  An article on How-To, based upon Hersom's lecture at the SRP Festival in Nottingham, 1986.
• Obituary: WALTER BERGMANN, 1902-1988
  Once a law student, Bergmann's life and contributions reviewed by Edgar Hunt.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  van Hauwe: Modern Recorder Player, Vol. II; Loeillet:Trio Sonatas-A,O,Bc; Boeke: Complete Articulator-A/i; Castello: Sonate concertate-rr/VV, Bc Couperin:Zwei Konzerte "Les Gous Reunis 1724";
• O'Kelly: Further Thoughts; Part 3
  The last of a 3-part series examining the music set for grades 1 to 5 in the 1987-1990 Trinity College of Music Recorder Syllabus. O'Kelly discusses the obstacles grade by grade, in overcoming and mastering the requirements.
• REVIEW: Music for Young Players
  Short: Little Suite-SAT; Marinovici: Armenian Dance-SA,Pf; Baston:Concerto No. 2 C Major-S, strings

Edition: June 1988, Vol. 09, No. 06

• Hunt: The Right Instrument
  A discussion regarding the composition and use of instruments from the 16th century onward. The author states that compositions were written as if for voices (except lute/ keyboard) with the choice of instrument left to the player.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Gibbons:Four Fantasias-3 viols; Two Fantasias in Six parts-SSATTB; Bigaglia:6 Sonatas, Op. 1-A,Bc; Byrd: Fantasy Sextet,Pavin and Galliard-SAATBB; Loeillet; Chedeville; Kitamika; Farina; Visee and many others also reviewed.
• Hersom: Walter Bergmann
  A brief over-view of Bergmann's impact and work.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Reichenthal: 1st Taste of Telemann-SS(T/G); Mozart:Eine Kleine Nacht..-F,Pf; Nobis: Elegie-A,G; Folk Dances of Eastern Europe and Asia-SSAA,G; Barsanti: Italian Baroque Music-A; and several others.

Edition: Sept 1988, Vol. 09, No. 07

• Hunt: Book Review
  Herbert Heyde: Floten, 160pp, 16 plates. Vol. 1 of the catalog series from the Museum of Musical Instruments in the Karl-Marx University.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore-4instr; Bernstein:The Consort Collection-4r; Davis: Party Pieces-SATB; Intro. and listing of London Pro Musica's Early Music Library series; Phelps; Martini; Hassler; Holborne and several others also reviewed.
• Smart: An Instrument of Delight
  How Mr. Smart graduated from a band drummer to early music recorder player.
• Hersom: About Learning and Teaching
  Hersom shares some of his thoughts on new methods (Bonsor: Enjoy the Recorder); tutors, and conducting.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  James Hook Collection, Vol. 1 (Thomas)-A,Pf; Griffiths: Sailor's Hornpipe-SATB; Carey: Trains-SATB; Janzen: Easy Pieces-SSS

Edition: Dec 1988, Vol. 09, No. 08

• Brewer: The Baroque Flute
  Roy Brewer maintains that recorder players should extend their interest to the baroque flute -- for reasons both musical as well as historical.
• Obituary: HANS-ULRICH STAEPS 1909-1988
  A brief over-view of his work and life by Edgar Hunt.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Mancini(Leenhouts):On the Trail of the Pink Panther-ATBGb; Gabrieli:Lieto godea-2 choirs v/i; van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof,Vol. 1, Pt. 2; Mouret; Schubert; Chailley; Checchino; Castello and Murrary also reviewed.
• Prof. McAllister: Recorder Playing for the Very Young...
  Maureen McAllister's observations of her children's amazing progress in playing from a very young age (5 1/2 years old and up).
• O'Sullivan: What it's Like to be a "Peri"
  Patricia O'Sullivan writes about her experiences as an instrumental peripatetic teacher.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Pierpont (Bonsor): Jingle Bells-SA(T); Bonsor: We Wish you a Merry Xmas-SA,Pf; Praetorius:9 Bransles from Terpsichore-S,Pf; Frescobaldi:4 Corrsentes-S,Pf; Grieg:15 Norwegian Dances and Folk-S,Pf; Haussmann and several others.

Edition: March 1989, Vol. 09, No. 09

• Hunt: An Introduction to Baroque Ornamentation, Part 1
  Edgar Hunt reviews and compares the technical aspects of Baroque ornamentation. Diagrams and scores.
• Burford: Coping with Condensation
  Freda Burford reviews this common problem and ways to deal with it.
• Wyatt: DIY Recorder Groups
  Theo Wyatt relays the evolution and foundations of the Society of Recorder Players -- and the pioneers of modern recorder playing: (Hunt and Dinn).
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Heberle: Sonate-S; Bach: Suite No. 2 BWV1067-A,Bc; Reichenthal: Mozart for Recorder-S/T,G; Also reviewed: Mozart; Werdin; Castrucci; Blavet; Hotteterre; Pepusch; de Fesch and many more.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Clark: Notes Afloat-SS,Pf; Handel: 12 Pieces-S,Pf; 6 Pcs from Water Music-S,Pf; Lully: 12 Pcs from "Persee"-S,Pf; Purcell:2nd Set of Theatre Tunes-S,Pf; Handel: Dances from "Terpsichore"-S,Pf; Harrison "Paper Music"-how to book.

Edition: June 1989, Vol. 09, No. 10

• Davis: Commissioned Works for the Recorder
  Davis writes of contemporary composers. Drawing some grain of truth from Frans Bruggen's statement that 'playing music of the past was perverse... performers with integrity should draw on the repertoire of the music of their contemporaries.
• Hunt: An Introduction to Baroque Ornamentation, Part 2
  Part 2 pays more attention to the original composers (versus respected scholars of hundreds of years ago in article #1) of baroque music; and how to authenticate your performance, re-creating styles from 250-300 years ago.
• Loretto: When is a Ganassi Recorder NOT a Ganassi Recorder?
  Loretto talks about recorder makers around the world searching for a design which will meet the demands of "Fontegara" while meeting the requirement of the Ganassi fingerings. (Based on the 1983 Boston lecture).
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Bloodworth: Dance Suite, Vol. 3-SATB; Senallie: Sonata-S,Bc; Phelps: Krummy Rondo for Krummhorn Konsort-SATB recs/crumhorns; Simons: Aires-AA,Bc; Byrd:Susanna Fair-ATTB; and several others.
• Hunt: A Winning Combination
  Edgar Hunt lays out the mechanics of how to go about forming an ensemble for recorder concerts.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Rosenstengle(arr) A series including Schumann; Vivaldi; Elgar; Schubert; Handel; and Beethoven; Bonsor: The Really Easy Recorder Book-S,Pf; also reviewed: Petty, Lee (Suites from Dahl's Charlie and Choc. Factory...)

Edition: June 1989, Vol. 09, No. 11

• Appleton: The Baroque Bassoon
  Quentin Appleton discusses the merits and uses of this fascinating and rewarding instrument -- both alone and in consort. Includes its history.

  Edition: June 1989, Vol. 09, No. 11

• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Vivaldi: La Follia-AA,Bc; Dornel: Suite 2 in D Minor-A,Bc; Gesualdo: Ave, dulcessima Maria-S,A,TTB; O Vos omnes-SATTB; Schein: Suite 15-5 instr; also reviewed: Agricola; Gabriele; Bach and many others.
• Rowe,LRSM: Playing the Recorder in Kenya
  The Ministry of Education of Kenya requires music to part of their core educational system for certification. Rowe relays the progress.
• REVIEW: New Music for Younger Players
  Norton: Microjazz for Recorder-S,Pf; Benjamin:Jamaican Rumba-SSAT; Sweet Pipes; Don Muro's "music-minus-one" series :King's Highroad; Carpiol's Caper and others; Silverman:favorite Folk Instrumentals-rec.,G; and others.

Edition: June 1989, Vol. 09, No. 12

• Wyatt: Which Recorder? Consumer Guide to Plastic Recorders
  Wyatt shares his testing methods, standard profiles of the plastic recorders available as of 1989. Includes charts on the individual capabilities of each instrument from Aulos, Dolmetsch, Rahma and Yamaha. Graphs included.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Boismortier: 2 Sonatas for Treble Recorder and Bc, Op. 27; Daamen:Sonate-SATB; A Scott Joplin Album-rec. ensemble; Wuytack: Duex Suites-rec trio and quartet,perc.; others also reviewed.
• REVIEW: New Music for Younger Players
  Scott Joplin: Mapole Leaf Rag-SAT,Pf; Touchin:Divertmento,Op 21-SATB; Andrew Charlton: Bouquet Inventions-SATB,Pf; Commodious Rag-SAATB; El Fuego-SATB (G); Pipe Dreams-SAATB; several others reviewed as well.

Edition: March 1990, Vol. 10, No. 01

• Loretto: Yet More on Tuning Recorders! - Part 1
  New Zealand recorder maker, Alec Loretto shares more the "tricks" and savvy of the trade. Diagrams included.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  The Division Flute-S,Bc; Turges: Alas it is I-3 instr(vo); East: Songs full of Spirit and Delight-AAB; Charlton: Suite Francais-SAT; Scandia Suite- SATB; van Eyck:Phantasia-S; and many others.
• Bloodworth: Yamaha Bass Recorder YRB 302B
  Denis Bloodworth's impressions on this instrument.
• Lewin: Those Perennial Thorny Problems-Part I
  Alyson Lewin discusses teaching music. Problem solving.
• Clark: Is Recorder Music "Chamber Music"
  Paul Clark encourages us not to allow schools to push recorder players out of the fray. Recorders playing "One-To-A-Part" should be included in competitions. He concludes that recorders are part of chamber music.
• REVIEWS: New Music for Young Players
  Ball: Homage to Mozart-AA/FF; Homage to Haydn-AA/FF; Hommage to Schubert-AA/FF; Gordon: Mozart in London-4+recs;

Edition: June 1990, Vol. 10, No. 02

• Loretto: Yet More on Tuning Recorders! - Part 2
  Understanding the multiple effects of the modifications discussed in Part 1 of this series.
• Wyatt: Which Recorder? - A Supplement
  Theo Wyatt creates a supplement to the original of this article (Dec. 1989 issue) comparing the merits of various plastic recorders. Here he reviews 3 new models: 1 Moeck and 2 Aulos.
• Blanchfield: A 19th Century English Recorder
  Blanchfield compares the English Recorder by Townsend to the very ornate "Sixth Flute" by Stansby Jr. which sold at Christie's in Nov. 1985.
• Loretto: A Ganassi Model Recorder in Vienna?
  Recorder maker Alec Loretto continues his observations: A recorder with a range of 2 octaves and a 6th! Mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque bores are compared; what influences they have; function of the various parts of the recorder.
• REVIEWS: New Music for Recorders
  Leenhouts:Big Baboon-T; Bach:Fugue in G Minor; Fugue C Major; Scott Joplin:Pineapple Rag-SATB; Gordon:A 2nd Mozart Suite-SSAT; Arnold:Fantasy for Descant Recorder, Op. 127
• Lewin: Those Perennial Thorny Problems - Part II
  Dealing with specific teaching problems; how they arise and problem solving.
• REVIEW: New Music for Young Players
  Heller(arr) Five Irish Dance Tunes-A,Pf; Sokoll:A Journey Around the World-SATB, Perc; Staeps: Funfzehn Liedweisen-3 rec. ensemble

Edition: Sept 1990, Vol. 10, No. 03

• O'Kelly: The London Recorder Workshops
  A hands-on view of how to set up and manage a successful series of workshops.
• Loretto: A New Angle on Finger Holes
  New Zealand recorder maker Alec Loretto further educates us on the workings of the instrument. Straight versus angled holes: Why?
• Hunt: Freda Dinn: Her Life and the Recorder
  Edgar Hunt offers a fuller account of her involvement with the recorder.
• REVIEW: New Music
  An extensive listing of 27 pieces reviewed from Moeck Dolce, ARS, and others
• Lewin: We Wish You a Mediaeval Christmas
  Some ideas on music in preparation for Christmas events.
• Marks: The D.I.Y. Recorder Tutor
  Roy Marks explores the relationship between teaching and learning. How to make the most of your tutorial.
• REVIEW: New Music; Some for Christmas
  Price:Good King Wenceslas-SATB; McHugh:Sounds Latin-SATB; Moseley: Variations on a Seasonal Theme

Edition: Dec 1990, Vol. 10, No. 04

• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  Bernstein:The Vivaldi Collection-S,Pf; Friederich: High St. Dixie-3 recs; Tasker:Four Moods-SATB; Friederich:Happy B-day Varitations-SAT daRore:Conaona Alla dolc' ombra-SATB; many others reviewed.
• Hunt: Mozart and the Recorder
  Mozart used the flauto piccolo (descant recorder) in several of his works. Edgar Hunt relays this information.

Edition: March 1991, Vol. 11, No. 01

• Lewin: Practice? What's That?
  Alyson Lewin analyses the process and offers some thoughts and suggestions.
• Hadidian: Hausmusik
  Eileen Hadidian writes about the present-day recreation on the West-Coast America of an old idea: Chamber music played for friends in the home.
• Wyatt: Thoughts on Conducting
  
• A Tribute to Edgar Hunt
  Friends and colleagues pay tribute to the "Pillar" of the British recorder movement. Letters from Paul Clark, Frans Bruggen, Carl Dolmetsch, Brian Bonsor and others. Includes photos.
• REVIEWS: New Music
  Sanvoisin:12 Studies for Alto Recorder; Telemann: Trio Sonata in a-AA,Bc. Reviews of Barenreiter's new Frutti Musicali series featuring ensemble music from the Renaissance and early Baroque period.

Edition: June 1991, Vol. 11, No. 02

• Pyckett: Why on Earth Do You Come Here?
  When Susan Pyckett, Recorder Tutor at the South Dorset Adult Ed. Center asked her students this question, they sat down and wrote these answers.
• O'Kelly: Mr Recorder:A Tribute to Carl Dolemtsch
  Born on Aug. 23, 1911, at the age of 8, Carl Dolmetsch participated in his first concert tour. An overview of this man's remarkable life so far.
• O'Kelly: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet: Extra Time
  A look back at their enormous success- 1978 to the present; A review of their latest recording release by Decca. Moeck publishes their music.
• REVIEWS: New Music for Recorders
  Fahrbach:Arm in Arm mit dir Waltzes, Op. 30-A,Pf; Krahmer:Concert Polonaise, Op. 5-A,Pf; Rondo "La Tyrolienne Op. 35-S,Pf; Corelli:6 Sonatas fir AA,Bc, Vol. 1; and others reviewed.

Edition: Sept 1991, Vol. 11, No. 03

• Ormerod: Take Your Partner for Christmas
  Janice Ormerod looks at new music for Christmas.
• Wind: 'Some Mistakes or Errors'
  Thiemo Wind searches for the authentic intentions of Jacob van Eyck.

Edition: Dec 1991, Vol. 11, No. 04

• Benjamin Burrows: 1891-1966
  Readers requested information of this much neglected figure who wrote the well-known "Suite for Descant Recorder and Piano".
• O'Kelly: Daniel Bruggen; an interview
  Eve O'Kelly interviews Daniel Bruggen, member of the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; his attitude to music and the recorder and performing.
• Clark: Eurobore
  Paul Clark writes about German fingering for the recorder.
• Book Review
  Van Acht, Van den Ende and Schimmel: Dutch Recorders of the 18th Century, Moeck 1991.

Edition: June 1994, Vol. 14, No. 02

• Martin: The Recorder and the National (UK) Curriculum (speaks for itself)
• Bamforth:The Recorder Orchestra - Part TWO
  Dennis Bamforth discusses the concept and growth of the Recorder Orchestra in the past 20 years. This article deals with the music written and arranged for the orchestra in that time.
• Bowman: Body and Hand Positions when Playing the Recorder
  A how-to article with photos and instruction.
• Davies: Interview with Guido Klemisch
  Guido Klemisch, recorder maker, in conversation with Malcolm Davies. Klemisch talks of his beginnings - making replica baroque and renaissance recorders, how they were made and so on.
• REVIEW: New Music for Recorders
  An extensive listing of Dolce, Early Music Library and London Pro Musica editions are reviewed.
• Dear Doctor (new regularly featured column on instrument repair/problems)
  Reader N. Coelho inquires about recorders and their temperament. Recorder maker John Willman answers the subject of recorder tuning and keyboard temperaments.

Edition: Dec 1994, Vol. 14, No. 04

• Mayes: Interview [with performer] Piers Adams
  Adams takes a moment to talk about the imminent release of his latest CD of 20th century English Recorder Music.
• Bowman: Tonguing on the Recorder
  Part a continuing series on recorder technique. Bars; a concise how-to article on legato, staccato, double-tongue and so on.
• Mayes: A Visit to the Early Music Shop
  Andrew Mayes visited the Early Music Shop while they were celebrating their 25th year in business. Jonathan Askey shares the 25 years and the role he has played
• Wyatt: Music by the Square Metre
  The Performing Right Society: Who are they and what do they do?
• Martin: Sir Michael Tippett
  As he celebrates his 90th birthday, Anne Martin has written a brief biography of this remarkable English composer.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Reviewed are trios, quartets, quintets and other combinations primarily from Dolce, Loux and London Pro Musica. Also spotlight on HAWTHORN's collection of music ranging from mediaeval to modern.
• Computer Software
  Focus on a new IBM compatible, commercial program called "NoteWorthy", a music publishing program from Braeburn Software.
• Dear Doctor
  Reader, Diana Porter asks Edgar Hunt what the origins of the terminology descant, treble, tenor and bass; Also when did the soprano and alto become in vogue.

Edition: March 1996, Vol. 16, No. 1

• Mayes:An Interview with [recorder maker] Tim Cranmore
  Tim Cranmore talks about how he got started and his views on recorder making and improvements.
• Davis: Purcell and the Recorder
  An in-depth analysis of Purcell's work from the amorous to the supernatural. Sample bars and extensive listing.
• Medley: Recorders and Reeds; 4 foot and 8 foot Pitch
  A scientific understanding about sound waves and pitch in various wind instruments; historical notes; graphs.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Several selections from Hawthorn's and Bonsor; Bach:Sonata BWV 1032; Meech:Dances from Playford-SSA/SAT

Edition: June 1996, Vol.16, No. 2

• Wind: Why the Duets from "Der Fluyten Lust-hof" are not by 'van Eyck
  Thiemo Wind analyses 5 duets (1644-1649) and concludes that these duets were not Jacob van Eyck's -- "Simply because they cannot be."
• Bowman: Test Pad : A Series Exploring the Examination Syllabuses
  Scales and arpeggios are a necessity. Those who are reluctant can try an alternative: a study, which, if well composed can provide a musical, interesting and even witty alternative. Examples, suggestions.
• Turner: Pills to Purge Melancholy
  A personal memoir of David Munrow.
• Dolmetsch: The Recorder in Evolution
  Renowned recorder maker Carl Dolmetsch's inventions relating to recorder evolution.
• Robinson: Teaching Beginners: Taping over the thumb-hole
  A simple but significant improvement in the teaching of beginners.
• Interview: Christopher Ball and his New recorder concerto
  Christopher Ball's music career began at a very early age, as a clarinetist... and later included most early wind instruments.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Focus of pieces from Editions Combres and Dolce; Pieces from Amedeus; Moeck; Schott; Doblinger; London Pro Musica and several others.

Edition: Sept 1996, Vol. 16, No. 03

• Turner: The Recorder Music of Michael Ball
  A catalog and description of his work. Samples included.
• Bowman: Test Pad :a Series Exploring the Examination Syllabuses
  This next article in the series deals with the early grades and tutorials.
• Loretto: Making Your Own Recorder in C at a=440Hz
  A detailed How-To article with diagrams written by New Zealand recorder maker Alec Loretto. With this, you can construction your own medieval recorder in C.
• Ball: Interview with The Trio Tagarela
  Christopher Ball interviews the talented young recorder players.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Several pieces submitted from Moeck and Universal; Linde:Basel Recorder Book-S/A/T/B solos (Schott)
• REVIEWS: Musical Software
  Roy Brewer offers his personal assessment of NoteWorthy. A short, non-technical explanation of how this program acquitted itself. (IBM compatible Pcs: DOS and Windows).

Edition: Dec 1996, Vol. 16, No. 04

• Ayre: Thoughts on Arranging Renaissance Music for Recorders
  Alex Ayre shares his vast knowledge to in an effort to assist the unwary or inexperienced arranger in avoiding the pitfalls. A How-To article.
• Loretto: Tuning Your Square Medieval Recorder
  A practical How-To guide with diagrams.
• Bowman: Test Pad: Dynamics, an unrealistic expectation or...?
  Peter Bowman tells us that recorder players need to understand the music they are playing in the broadest sense in order to over-come or compensate for the instrument's lack of dynamic range.
• Loretto: How Accurate Need Facts Be?
  Alec Loretto laments the prevalent inaccuracy concerning the recorder.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Extensive reviews of Dolce, London pro Musica, Early Music Library; Hawthorn's, Combre and a few others.

Edition: March 1997, Vol. 17, No. 01

• Madgwick/ Loretto: Thoughts on Recorder Patents
  A listing of very interesting facts complied by European Patent Attorney Paul Madgwick, and over view of the process: Dolmetsch: Bell Key, Echo Key, Moeck: Absorbent stable windways, Paetzold:4 sided recorder...
• Bowman: Test Pad: Dynamics, an unrealistic expectation...Part 2
  Part 2 of this series deals primarily with vibrato and alternate fingerings to achieve varied effects. It also gives a brief overview of dynamics and expressions used from the Baroque period to the 20th century.
• Rowland-Jones: The Iconography of 2-3 Recorders, Part 1
  This article deals primarily with recorder symbolism in some 15th -17th Century Italian and Low Country paintings.
• REVIEW: New Music
  Reviewed are Dolce, Doblinger, Loux, United, Schott, Moeck, London Pro Musica and Hawthorns.

Edition: June 1997, Vol. 17, No. 02

• Obituary: Rosemary McGillivray 1939-1997
  A brief biography of the dynamic woman who wrote: "Mrs. McGillvray's Welcome: Bass Recorder Tutor" (published by Hawthorn's)
• Rowland-Jones: The Iconography of 2-3 Recorders, Part 2
  Part 2: HELD RECORDERS (Pourbus, Rubens and Giorgione)
• Test Pad: Part 1 -Descant Recorder Grades 1-5
  The use of the music of Jacob van Eyck as technical exercises. A "How-To" article; examples included.
• Hardwick: Why Play the Recorder?
  A former student of Paul Clark, Linda Hardwick first introduces herself and then goes on to share the secrets of her success in tutoring groups of small beginners.
• Lander: Music from Another Sphere: The Recorder in Cyberspace
  Nicholas Lander guides us to the "Recorder Home Page" where one will find a WEALTH of information -- from multi- media sources:Articles, technique, source materials and much more.
• REVIEWS: New Music
  Pieces submitted from Bonsor, Billaudot, Doblinger, Polyphonic, Universal, Schott and Moeck. Extensive listing of Moseler Modern Recorder Library.
• Butler: Sloppy Joints on Plastic Recorders
  Brian Butler provides solutions to this re-occurring problem.

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