Thrift Library: Music Education: Oboe

About the oboe

Here you will find information about the history, construction, and performance of the oboe and related instruments.
Don't forget about the general resources on the Woodwinds page and the General information pages.

Oboe unbound : contemporary techniques by By Libby Van Cleve.
Call Number: MT360 .V35 2004
ISBN: 0810850311
With an accompanying CD, this text offers assistance and insight into the world of extended techniques.
This work is volume 8 from Scarecrow Press' "The New Instrumentation Series."
The oboe and the bassoon by By Gunther Joppig ; translated from the German by Alfred Clayton
Call Number: ML940 .J6613 1988
ISBN: 0713456809
According to reviews of this book, the author provides a quality and in depth discussion of the history of the instrument as well as performance techniques of its predecessors.
This work is part of the Batsford musical instrument series.

Sheet music

These musical works can be found in the Thrift Library or on the Internet.
Not included are the works in the library's reference score collection.

IMSLP - Internet Music Score Library Project by Project Petrucci LLC
Call Number: Internet resource
This site provides free access to public domain works, both from classic and new composers. Although the site does well trying to navigate copyright laws, you are expected to follow these laws.

Media

These resources can be found in the library, through the library's databases, or on the Internet.

Naxos Music Library by Naxos Digital Services
Call Number: Electronic resource
If accessing this database off campus, you must first sign into the proxy server. The log in page should open when you click on the link.
Naxos is one of, if not THE classical recording label. Not only does this resource provide quality recordings, but also have hard to find recordings of musical works.
Mozart: clarinet concerto and oboe concerto by Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Call Number: MR CD 1052
The orchestra on this CD is The Academy of Ancient Music, under the direction of Christopher Hogwood. Antony Pay is the clarinetist; the oboist is Michel Piguet.
These works are at the top of the standard repertoire lists for each instrument.

Professional associations

	The International Double Reed Society (IDRS) was established in December of 1971 and is a world-wide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts. IDRS.org is the most comprehensive site dedicated to the dissemination of information related directly to double reed performance, pedagogy, and research. IDRS' journal, The Double Reed. is published four times a year and the association produces a yearly conference.