The new Langwill index: A dictionary of musical wind-instrument makers and inventors

The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventorsxxxvii, 518 pp. 8vo. First printing of this extensively revised edition of the work first published in 1960 as An Index of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers. Makers are listed alphabetically, with biographical and locational information listed for most, and makers' marks reproduced where applicable. Herbert Heyde provides a foreword on makers' marks, and this edition also includes an introductory history of Langwill's index, notes on methods and principles, a guide to abbreviations, an index of makers' workplaces, a list of cited collections and libraries, a glossary, an immense bibliography, and a historical map of central Europe showing workplaces of 17th, 18th, and 19th-century wind instrument makers. KEYWORDS: MUSIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WOODWINDS BRASS ORCHESTRAL BAND ORCHESTRA