Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques - Paperback

by Libby Van Cleve (Author)

In Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptions of the instrument's capabilities. She discusses:

• standard technique;
• multiphonics, microtones, altered timbres;
• musical examples;
• professionally tested fingering charts;
• use of electronics and amplification;
• recording;
• and sound enhancement.

Author Biography

Libby Van Cleve is recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of chamber and contemporary music for the oboe. She is the oboe teacher at Wesleyan University and Connecticut College, and the Director of Oral History of American Music at Yale University.