offers an absorbing and comprehensive view of our instruments and their craft and lore. His interest and yearning for knowledge are clearly the driving forces behind the volume’s success, making it an invaluable resource for any modern low-brass practitioners, students and teachers, amateurs and professionals. Additionally, he is a well-known champion for and practitioner of historical low brass instruments, which, with his practiced eye and knowledge of the history of these instruments, serves the dictionary and its readers well. As a performer – having served as bass trombonist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 30 years – and pedagogue – having held faculty positions at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston University, the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Arizona State University, and Wheaton College – his name is recognized and respected in the world of modern low brass. Of all the people that could have been chosen for the task of creating a dictionary for the modern lowbrass player, Yeo is perhaps the most appropriate to undertake such a project. ~ Choice, the Journal for the Association of College and Research Libraries (2022) Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals general readers. All in all, a fine overview of low brass instruments that will be valuable to novices and professionals alike. ~ International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal (2022)Įxcellent illustrations created by Lennie Peterson, an award-winning artist and educator and a professional trombonist, enhance many entries. I believe that it is a mandatory addition to the library of any low brass player and will be invaluable to any performer, educator, or student who is interested in taking a deep dive into the history and development of the tuba, euphonium or trombone. I am thrilled to add this resource to my collection. This new resource is accessible to both beginning and experienced players and is thorough in its hundreds of listings, ranging from “a piacere” to “zugposaune.”. ~ International Trombone Association (2022) This is one of the books that should be on every teacher’s shelf and in every academic library. There are exhaustive references to outside sources for further study and the 13-page bibliography is perhaps the most comprehensive resource available. This is an excellent first step for reference or research. Lennie Peterson’s illustrations are engaging and accurate. To simply list all of the topics in this dictionary is not practical however, suffice it to say that if a topic is not covered in this dictionary, it might not be worthy of investigation. Since the book hit the market, it has received generous reviews and I’ve been heartened knowing that so many individuals and libraries have purchased the book. This book is the product of several years of writing and a lifetime of exploration into the world of low brass instruments. In late 2021, Rowman & Littlefield published my book, An Illustrated Dictionary for the Modern Trombone, Tuba, and Euphonium Player.
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