This book is full of essays which Arnold Schoenberg wrote on style and idea. He talks about the relationship to the text; new and outmoded music; composition in twelve tones; entertaining through composing; the relationship of heart and mind in music; evaluation of music; and other essays.
2013-11-25 2013-11-25File Name: B00NLKPG1E
Review
78 of 78 people found the following review helpful. 38-yr old book a "bellwether" for Symphonic FundamentalsBy InstrumentalistIt is not by accident that Mr. Edwin Kleinhammers name appears on many; many symphony musicians bios. There are plenty of outstanding players; but "teaching" world class artists is another thing. CSO artists Mr. Kleinhammer and the late Mr. Arnold Jacobs and the late Mr. Frank Crisafulli have trained innumerable (global) lower brass artists for well over thirty years each. I have had the pleasure of receiving a group lesson from Mr. Kleinhammer with two others and individual instruction from the late gentlemans gentleman Mr. Frank Crisafulli. What about the book? Mr. Kleinhammer states in his book that he strongly encourages lessons; but at the "worst" the book can self-teach the reader...this is NOT an exaggeration. His highly detailed diagrammed/photo-filled pages on embouchure alone can not be replicated in any other text; they are worth the price of the book by themselves. The (paperback) text includes HIGHLY practical sections on breathing; tone; range; slide technique/legatto (when to use "loo" vs. "doo"; etc); intonation control; daily exercises and the cruicial tongue-ing and concurrent air flow (emphasize the "air" get the flappy thing out of the way) mistakes of even advanced amateur players. If you "see" the pros calmy whip through a passage of a rapid Rimsky-Korsakov; for example; without jerking the slide or doing face contortions; etc. youre seeing all of Mr. Kleinhammers book suggestions put into motion..this level of 1st flight pro does "make it" look easy. Go see a Joe Alessi; an outstanding jazz trombonist as well as the NY Phily first chair; and youll see what I mean.The book contains also contains a concise section on trombone prep. literature including Clarke; Arban; Blazhevich; Carl Fischer; Rochut (Melodious Etudes Book III--a masterpiece of symph. prep.in my opinion); and all the significant classic solos and ensemble pieces.Again; Mr. Kleinhammer correctly mentions throughout the book that the student needs models to listen to; pattern after..simply put hes talking about "recordings" (not necessarily concert halls as you will not be able to sufficiently pick out the passage)Get the Ralph Sauer (Audition excerpt)or Christian Lindberg CDs and listen; and listen some more.. The student who gets on this early in the game combined with this book and a decent brass teacher will be far ahead of the game.Another suggestion is to tune into the current Boston Symphony bass trombonists website; Doug Yeo; he provides some fabulous suggestions and advice. (Mr. George Krem; Mr. Yeos first college played with me in Wheaton; IL. He has served as the Chicago Civic Orchestra; Winnepeg Victoria Canada and now Cedar Rapids; IA principal. He also has a CD out; taught at the U of Iowa for 12 years after being taught himself by Mr. Keith Brown a legendary Phily Orch. trombonist. Mr. Krem is a very fine teacher and artist). This book; with some good CDs to model after and a decent brass teacher (doesnt have to be "lower" brass teacher frankly) will provide some distinct advantages in accelerating your progress. ...1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good ReferenceBy Wesley GonzalesA good reference for all Trombonists. A little too much for the beginner. Clearly written long ago (1963) based on the writing style and particularly when referencing the strobotuner! A little strange when referring to himself in the third person (i.e. "the writer"); but a highly recommended text for intermediate and above.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Matthew T. Meredithnot a lot of music in here. more of an instructional book.
