Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and magazines, dissertations and theses, and essays or chapters in Festschriften, treatises, and biographies. In addition to the core literature obscure citations are also included when they are the only studies in a particular field. In addition to being printed, this volume is also for the first time available online. The online environment allows for information to be updated as new research is introduced. This database of information is a "live" resource, fully searchable, and with active links. Users will have unlimited access, annual revisions will be made and a limited number of pages can be downloaded for printing.

This book is a valuable tool for anyone researching the bassoon or bassoon-related topics. It includes citations for nearly every book, article, dissertation, thesis, and video dealing with the bassoon. It is divided into different sections, allowing one to easily look up available information on a particular bassoon player, composer, information on bassoon reeds, or other aspects of the instrument. There is also an alphabetical section by author included along with the category listings. The set-up of the volume is similar to that of a telephone book, with headers at the top of each page, allowing one to readily browse through and find the needed information quickly.

N50ISBN 0-89579-632-5(2008) xii + 182 pp.$165.00 ISBN 978-0-89579-632-5 (13-digit) N50P1Parts (fl., ob., cl., hn., bn.) Quintet no. 1 $25.00N50P2Parts (fl., ob., cl., hn., bn.) Quintet no. 2 $22.00N50P3Parts (fl., ob., cl., hn., bn.) Quintet no. 3.$22.00Henri Brod (1799-1839) was a French oboist, instrument-maker, and composer active throughout the early nineteenth century. He studied oboe under Gustave Vogt at the Paris Conservatory, ultimately becoming teacher there himself in 1832. He also played second oboe next to Vogt at the Paris Opéra, where Fétis found Brod¿s tone sweeter than that of his teacher. Brod became interested in the construction of the oboe and was perhaps the first builder to add octave keys to the instrument. His Méthode pour le hautbois (Paris, 1835-36) provides valuable technical information concerning the oboe and remains a useful resource for modern players. Brod¿s three woodwind quintets most likely date from the second decade of the nineteenth century and were printed by two separate publishers, Pacini and Schonenberger, both of Paris. All three quintets feature a four-movement format: a longer first movement in sonata form, a slow movement, a minuet, and a quick-tempo finale. As a whole, the quintets form a nice complement to those of Danzi, Reicha, and somewhat later, Franz Lachner. Brod remains the only actual woodwind player among these early composers of wind quintets. While not very well known today, Brod¿s contributions to the wind quintet literature are significant and worthy of greater attention; this is particularly true in view of the paucity of wind quintets throughout the nineteenth century. It is to be hoped that through this critical edition, Brod¿s importance to the early development of the wind quintet will be recognized and his beautiful works heard more often..ContentsWoodwind Quintet No. 1 in E-flat Major[I] Introduction: Adagio; Allegro vivace[II] Andante[III] Minuetto: Allegro[IV] PrestoWoodwind Quintet No. 2 in F Major[I] Introduction: Lento; Allegro[II] Andante[III] Minuetto[IV] Finale: PrestoWoodwind Quintet No. 3 in C Major[I] Allegretto[II] Andante non troppo[III] Minuetto: Allegro[IV] Allegro