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Dissertation
“Professional Recorder Players in England, 1540–1740.” Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Iowa, 1983. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, order number 8327401.
Winner of the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in Humanities/Fine Arts, 1984.
Thesis
“The Eighteenth-Century Woodwind Cadenza.” Master’s thesis, The University of Iowa, 1972.
Books
1. (Translator and editor) Jacques Hotteterre le Romain. Principles of the Flute, Recorder and Oboe. An annotated translation of Principes de la flûte traversière ou flûte d’Allemagne, de la flûte à bec ou flûte douce, et du hautbois (Paris, 1707, etc.). London: Barrie & Rockliff; New York: Praeger, 1968.
● 2. Betty Bang Mather and David Lasocki. Free Ornamentation for Woodwind Instruments, 1700–1775: An Anthology with Introduction. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1976. Copyright now held by the authors; available as an e-book from Instant Harmony
Reviewed by Anthony Baines, Galpin Society Journal 31 (1978): 176.
● 3. David Lasocki and Betty Bang Mather. The Classical Woodwind Cadenza: A Workbook. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1978. Copyright now held by the authors; available as an e-book from Instant Harmony. Based on my master’s thesis.
● 4. Betty Bang Mather and David Lasocki. The Art of Preluding, 1700–1830, for Flutists, Oboists, Clarinettists and Other Performers. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1984. Copyright now held by the authors; available as an e-book from Instant Harmony
Reviewed by John Tyson, Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association, 43, no. 1 (September 1986); 177–78.
5. (Scott Paterson, co-author; with Dawn Culbertson) A Discography of the Recorder. Volume 1: Recordings Available in North America, 1989. The American Recorder Society Discography Project. New York: The American Recorder Society, 1992.
● 6. (Editor) Fluting and Dancing: Articles and Reminiscences for Betty Bang Mather on her 65th Birthday. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1992. Copyright now held by the editor; available as an e-book from Instant Harmony.
Includes my reminiscence, “Betty and David.”
Reviewed by Jeremy Montagu, FoMRHI Quarterly, no. 69 (October 1992): 10.
7a. Richard Griscom and David Lasocki. The Recorder: A Guide to Writings about the Instrument for Players and Researchers. New York: Garland, 1994.
Chosen as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book 1995.
18 reviews: Mark\ Davenport, American Recorder 36, no. 1 (January 1995): 24–26 (with response by me, 36, no. 2 [March 1995]: 22); Jeremy Montagu, FoMRHI Quarterly, no. 78 (January 1995): 10–11 (with response by me, no. 79 [April 1995]: 13–14); Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review, no. 7 (February 1995): 7; Andrew Mayes, The Recorder Magazine 15, no. 1 (March 1995): 25–26; H. J. Diamond, Choice (April 1995): 1276; Scott Paterson, Continuo 19, no. 2 (April 1995): 37; Anthony Rowland-Jones, NEMA News (June 1995): 6; Greg Dikmans, Australia’s Journal of Recorder and Early Music 19 (August 1995): 29–30; G. Peñalver, Revista de flauto de pico 3 (September 1995): 27–28; Karsten Erik Ose, Concerto: Das Magazin für Alte Musik 106 (September 1995): 16–17; “M–B–TH”, Tibia 20, no. 4 (1995): 619–21; John Turner, Music & Letters 76, no. 4 (November 1995): 615–17; William E. Hettrick, Notes 52, no. 3 (March 1996): 796–97; Guido van Oorschot, Tijdschrift voor Oude Muziek 11, no. 2 (May 1996): 39; Piers Adams, Early Music Today (October/November 1996): 22; Edgar Hunt, Galpin Society Journal 49 (1996): 245–46; Robert Ehrlich, Early Music 25, no. 2 (May 1997): 311–13; Dale Higbee, Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 23 (1997): 161–63.
7b. Richard Griscom and David Lasocki, The Recorder: A Research and Information Guide, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Reviewed by James Harris, Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music 12, no. 1 (2006); http://sscm-jscm.press.uiuc.edu/v12/no1/harris.html; Dale Higbee, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 33, no. 1 (spring 2004): 12.
7c. Richard Griscom and David Lasocki. The Recorder: A Research and Information Guide, 3nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Winner of the Vincent H. Duckles Award from the Music Library Association for the best book-length bibliography or other research tool (2014).
● 8a. David Lasocki with Roger Prior. The Bassanos: Venetian Musicians and Instrument Makers in England, 1531–1665. Aldershot, Hampshire: Scolar Press, 1995.
16 reviews: Clifford Barlett, Early Music Review 13 (September 1995): 3; Christopher Brodersen, Continuo 19, no. 5 (October 1995): 41–42; Anthony Rowland-Jones, Leading Notes 5, no. 2 (1995): 28–30; Early Music Today 3 (October–November 1995): 23; Jeffrey Nussbaum, Journal of Synagogue Music 24, no. 2 (December 1995): 139–40; Trevor Herbert, Historic Brass Society Journal 7 (1995): 207–09; Michael Fleming, Chelys: The Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society 24 (1995): 62–64; Emile Roi, The Jerusalem Post Magazine, 26 January 1996, 20; Brett Usher, The Consort 52, no. 1 (May 1996): 43–44; Douglas Kirk, American Recorder 37, no. 5 (November 1996): 33–35; Gordon Callon, Notes 53, no. 2 (December 1996): 451–53 (with response by me, 54, no. 1 [September 1997]: 306); Kenneth Marcus, Sixteenth Century Journal 27, no. 2 (summer 1996): 599; A. L. Rowse, Contemporary Review 268 (1996): 33–37; Giulio Ongaro, Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 23 (1997): 158–61; Edgar Hunt, Galpin Society Journal 50 (1997): 290–91; Jeremy Montagu, FoMRHI Quarterly, no. 92 (July 1998): 6–7.
● 8b. E-book, Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2013; together with Research on the Bassano Family, 1995–2012.
● 9. (Editor) The Recorder in the 17th Century: Proceedings of the International Recorder Symposium Utrecht 1993. Utrecht: STIMU, Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 1995.
Includes my articles: “The Recorder’s Role in Seventeenth-Century Music, Then and Now: A Reply to Bart Kuijken” (203–10). “Barthold Kuijken and David Lasocki, An Exchange of Correspondence” (211–15). Dutch translation as “Lijden blokfluitisten aan arrangitis? Barthold Kuijken en David Lasocki dienen elkaar van replieek.” Tijdschrift voor oude muziek 11, no. 1 (February 1996): 17–20. “Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Recorder in the Seventeenth Century and How They Could Be Filled” (257–74). (with Richard Griscom) “Bibliography of Writings about the Recorder in the Seventeenth Century” (277–86).
9 reviews: Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review, no. 29 (April 1997): 4; Robert Ehrlich, Early Music 25, no. 2 (May 1997): 311–13; Jeff Nussbaum, Historic Brass Society Newsletter, no. 10 (Summer 1997): 35; Wendy Hancock, The Consort 53, no. 1–2 (1997): 61–63; Early Music Today 5, no. 5 (1997): 18; Hermann Moeck, Tibia 22, no. 3 (1997): 530; Wendy Powers, American Recorder 38, no. 5 (November 1997): 27–28; Karsten Erik Ose, Concerto, no. 130 (February 1998): 9–10; Friedrich von Huene, Galpin Society Journal 51 (1998): 236–38.
10. Compiled by Andrew Ashbee and David Lasocki assisted by Peter Holman and Fiona Kisby. A Biographical Dictionary of English Court Musicians, 1485–1714, 2 vols. Aldershot, Hampshire and Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1998.
Winner of the C. B. Oldman Prize awarded by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Document Centres (UK Branch) for the best music reference book published in 1998.
7 reviews: Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review, no. 41 (March 1999): 3–4; Roger Bowers, Early Music 27, no. 3 (August 1999): 481–83; Robert Shay, Notes 57, no. 1 (September 2000): 108–09; Trevor Herbert, Historic Brass Society Newsletter, no. 14 (Summer 2001): 57; Craig Monson, Sixteenth Century Journal 31 no. 3 (2000): 797–99; John Milsom, Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music 6, no. 2 (2000); Robert Shay, Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association 57, no. 1 (September 2000): 108–9.
11. (Editor) A Time of Questioning: Proceedings of the International Early Double-Reed Symposium Utrecht 1994. Utrecht: STIMU, Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 1997 [1999].
Includes: (with Geoffrey Burgess and Laura Goetz), “A Bibliography of Writings about the Oboe and Bassoon, 17th–19th Centuries” (225–58).
12. (Editor) Musicque de joye: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Renaissance Flute and Recorder Consort, Utrecht 2003. Utrecht: STIMU Foundation for Historical Performance Practice, 2005.
Includes my: “Tracing the Lives of Players and Makers of the Flute and Recorder in the Renaissance” (pp. 363–405), “Introductory Remarks for the Panel Discussion: Imperative of Historical Information in Performance or Performers’ Choice?” (pp. 409–13), “A Listing of Inventories and Purchases of Flutes, Recorders, Flageolets, and Tabor Pipes, 1388–1630” (pp. 419–511), “A Bibliography of Writings about Medieval and Renaissance Flutes” (pp. 523–31).
4 reviews: Anthony Rowland–Jones, Early Music 34, no. 2 (2006): 293–96; Ardal Powell, Traverso: Historical Flute Newsletter 19, no. 2 (April 2007): 5–7; Scott Paterson, American Recorder 48, no. 4 (November 2007): 8; Jim Kopp, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 36, no. 3 (2007): 9–10.
13. A Listing of Inventories, Sales, and Advertisements Relating to Flutes, Recorders, and Flageolets, 1631–1800. Bloomington, Indiana: Instant Harmony, 2010. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Now combined in entry no. 24 below.
6 reviews: Laurence Libin, Notes 67, no. 4 (June 2011): 728-29; Douglas Macmillan, Galpin Society Journal 73 (2010): 266-67; Gwyn Roberts, American Recorder 53, no. 2 (March 2012): 38; Aldo Abreu, Early Music America 19, no. 2 (summer 2013): 48–49; Regina Himmelbauer, Tibia 38, no. 2 (2013): 450–51; Laura Justice, Recorder Magazine 31, no. 4 (winter 2011): 139–40.
● 14. James Singleton, Rhythm Crusader. The Life and Work of the New Orleans Jazz Bassist and Bandleader. Bloomington, Indiana: Instant Harmony, 2010. E-book available from Instant Harmony
Second edition as James Singleton, Rhythm Crusader: The Life and Work of the New Orleans Improviser and Composer, 2018. E-book available from Instant Harmony Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
● 15. A Higher Fusion: The New Orleans Modern-Jazz Group Astral Project at 34. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2012. E-book available from Instant Harmony
Reviewed by John Swenson, OffBeat 26, no. 10 (October 2013): 42.
Second edition as A Higher Fusion: The New Orleans Modern-Jazz Group Astral Project at 40, 2018. E-book available from Instant Harmony Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
● 16. The Recorder and Other Members of the Flute Family in Writings from 1100 to 1500. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2012. E-book available from Instant Harmony.
4 reviews: Regina Himmelbauer, Tibia 38, no. 2 (2013): 450–51; Aldo Abreu, Early Music America 19, no. 3 (fall 2013): 49–50; Gwyn Roberts, American Recorder 54, no. 4 (winter 2013): 47; Beth Thompson, Notes 70, no. 4 (June 2014): 694–95; William E. Hettrick, Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 39 (2013): 220–23, 233–34.
Second edition, 2018. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
Reviewed by Inês da Avena Braga, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 48, no. 1 (spring 2019): 14.
● 17. I Am Alive Now: Writings from a Lifetime of Healing. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2012. E-book available from Instant Harmony.
Reviewed by Frances Feldon, American Recorder 57, no. 2 (summer 2016): 17–18.
Second edition, 2018. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
Third edition, I Am Alive Now: Writings from a Lifetime of Healing and Music, 2023, E-book available from Instant Harmony.. Also printed version through Kindle Direct Publishing.
● 18. Steve Masakowski, Big Easy Innovator: The Life and Work of the New Orleans Jazz Guitarist and Educator. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2014. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
Reviewed by Thomas Jacobsen, OffBeat 28, no. 10 (September 2015): 60.
● 19. Tony Dagradi, A Spiritual Approach to Jazz: The Life and Work of the New Orleans Jazz Saxophonist and Bandleader. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2014. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
● 20. Marc-Antoine Charpentier and the Flûte: Recorder or Traverso? Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2015. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
Reviewed by Shirley Thompson, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 46, no. 1–2 (2017): 19–20; Scott Paterson, American Recorder 58, no. 1 (spring 2017): 28; Michael Schneider, Tibia 44, no. 3 (2019): 540–41; Fiona Smith, Recorder Magazine 36, no. 2 (summer 2016): 65; Lisete da Silva Bull, Recorder Magazine 38, no. 2 (summer 2018): 83.
● 21. Florio’s Breathing Flute: The Life and the Flutist Pietro Grassi Florio and the Making of Florio Flutes. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2016. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
Reviewed by Helen Crown, Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 45, no. 1 (spring 2016): 14–15.
● 22. Release Your Shackles: A Concise Guide to Living a Freer Life. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2016. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
● 23. Johnny V: John Vidacovich of New Orleans on the Drums and on the Cymbals. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2017. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing), 2018.
● 24. Flutes, Recorders, and Flageolets in Inventories, Purchases, Sales, and Advertisements, 1349–1800. Portland, Oregon: Instant Harmony, 2018. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
Combines “A Listing of Inventories and Purchases of Flutes, Recorders, Flageolets, and Tabor Pipes, 1388–1630” and A Listing of Inventories, Sales, and Advertisements Relating to Flutes, Recorders, and Flageolets, 1631–1800, with additions and corrections.
25. Tutti Frutti: A Trio for Two. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2018. Also printed version through Create Space (now Kindle Direct Publishing).
● 26. Jean-Baptiste Lully and the Flûte: Recorder, Voice Flute, and Traverso. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2019. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Kindle Direct Publishing.
Winner of the 2021 Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize from the American Musical Instrument Society for the most distinguished book written in English that furthers the goals of the Society published in 2019. Reviewed in Windkanal, with a response by DL online.@
● 27. David’s Little Books of Vibrational Hugs. Book 1: Essentials. Illustrated by Caroline A. Morris. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2020. E-book available from Instant Harmony.. Also printed version through Kindle Direct Publishing.
● 28. Not Just the Alto: Sizes and Types of Recorder in the Baroque and Classical Periods. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2020. E-book available from Instant Harmony. Also printed version through Kindle Direct Publishing.
Reviewed by Olwen Foulkes, Recorder Magazine 41, no. 2 (summer 2021): 79–80.
● 29. David’s Little Books of Vibrational Hugs. Book 2: Angelic Hugs. Portland, OR: Instant Harmony, 2020. E-book available from https://www.davidlasocki.com. Also printed version through Kindle Direct Publishing, 2021.
30. David Lasocki and Robert Ehrlich with Nikolaj Tarasov and Michala Petri. The Recorder. Yale Musical Instrument Series. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2022.
Reviewed by Emily Baines, Recorder Magazine 43, no. 1 (spring 2023): 36–37; Peter Thalheimer, Tibia, 30 May 2023 (article 2425); Vincenta Prüger, Windkanal 2023-2, 30–31; Tom Bickley in American Recorder 64, no. 3 (fall 2023): 44–45.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
1. “The Baroque Flute and its Rôle Today.” Recorder & Music Magazine 2, no. 4 (February 1967): 96–104. In German as “Die barocke Querflöte und ihre heutige Bedeutung.” Das Musikinstrument 19, no. 2 (February 1970): 187–89.
2. “Diderot and the Recorder.” Recorder & Music Magazine 2, no. 6 (August 1967): 190.
● 3. “The Tongueing Syllables of the French Baroque.” American Recorder 8, no. 3 (Summer 1967): 81–82.
4. “A Newly Rediscovered Recorder Tutor.” American Recorder 9, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 18–19.
5. “A Spanish Recorder Tutor.” American Recorder 9, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 49–50.
6. “Vivaldi and the Recorder.” American Recorder 9, no. 3 (Fall 1968): 102–7; reprinted in Recorder & Music Magazine 3, no. 1 (March 1969): 22–27.
7. “Freillon-Poncein, Hotteterre, and the Recorder.” American Recorder 10, no. 2 (Spring 1969): 40–43.
8. “The Compleat Flute-Master Reincarnated.” American Recorder 11, no. 3 (Summer 1970): 83–85.
9. “The C Recorder in the 18th Century.” American Recorder 11, no. 1 (Winter 1970): 20–21.
10. “17th- and 18th-Century Fingering Charts for the Recorder.” American Recorder 11, no. 4 (Fall 1970): 128–37.
● 11. “Flute and Recorder in Combination: Recent Additions to the Baroque Repertoire.” Recorder & Music 4, no. 11 (September 1974): 391–95.
● 12. “Johann Christian Schickhardt (ca. 1682–1762): Woodwind Composer, Performer and Teacher.” Recorder & Music 5, no. 8 (December 1976): 254–57; 5, no. 9 (March 1977): 287–90.
13. “Johann Christian Schickhardt.” Recorder [Japan] 1976 No. 4: 15–19; 1977 No. 1: 37–39.
● 14. “Johann Christian Schickhardt.” Tibia 2, no. 3 (1977): 337–43.
● 15. “Johann Christian Schickhardt (ca. 1682–1762): A Contribution to his Biography and a Catalogue of his Works.” Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 27, no. 1 (1977): 28–55.
16. “‘Authenticity’ in Performances of Early Music.” Recorder & Music 5, no. 12 (December 1977): 384–87. In Hungarian as “A régi zene elöadásának ‘hitelessége.’” In Régi Zene: Tanulmányok, Cikkek, Interjúk, ed. Judit Péteri, 9–15. Budapest: Zenemükiadó, 1982.
● 17. “A New Look at Handel’s Recorder Sonatas. I: Ornamentation in the First Movement of the F major Sonata.” Recorder & Music 6, no. 1 (March 1978): 2–9, 19.
18. “Johann Christian Schickhardt (ca. 1682–1762).” Introduction to an edition of Schickhardt’s 24 Sonatas in all keys, Opus 30, for treble recorder and basso continuo, ed. Frans Bruggen & Walter Bergmann. Tokyo: Zen-On, 1978.
● 19. “A New Look at Handel’s Recorder Sonatas. II: The Autograph Manuscripts.” Recorder & Music 6, no. 3 (September 1978): 71–79.
20. “Quantz and the Passions: Theory and Practice,” Early Music 6, no. 4 (October 1978): 556–67. In Italian as: “Quantz e la teoria delle passioni: Gli effetti del clima estetico sulla prassi esecutiva nei secoli XVII e XVIII.” Syrinx: Bollettino Ufficiale Accademia Italiana del Flauto 17 (July–September 1993): 30–34. In Polish as “Quantz i namiętności: Teoria i praktyka.” Canor 5, no. 2 (1995): 19–24.
● 21. “A New Look at Handel’s Recorder Sonatas. III: The Roger and Walsh Prints: A New View.” Recorder & Music 6, no. 5 (March 1979): 130–32.
● 22. “Preluding on the Recorder in England in the early 18th Century.” Recorder & Music 6, no. 7 (September 1979): 194–97.
23. “Schickhardt in London.” Recorder & Music 6, no. 7 (September 1979): 203–5.
● 24. Preface to facsimile of Jacques de Vaucanson, Le Mécanisme du flûteur automate (Paris, 1738) = An Account of the Mechanism of an Automaton or Image playing on the German-Flute (London, 1742). Buren, The Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1979.
● 25. “Die Theorien der Akustik und Spieltechnik der Flöte des Jacques Vaucanson (1738).” Tibia 5, no. 2 (1980): 87–90.
● 26. “Händels Sonaten für Holzbläser in neuem Licht.” Tibia 5, no. 3 (1980): 166–76. ● In English as “New Light on Handel’s Woodwind Sonatas.” American Recorder 21, no. 4 (February 1981): 163–70. In Italian as “Le sonate per legni di Händel: Lo studio comparato di parti autografe, manoscritti e antiche edizioni a stampa getta una nuova luce sull’autenticità e sull’esatta destinazione strumentale di queste composizioni.” I fiati 1, no. 2 (October–November 1994): 32–40.
27. (Terence Best, co-author) “A New Flute Sonata by Handel.” Early Music 9, no. 3 (July 1981): 307–11.
28. “Professional Recorder Playing in England 1500–1740. I: 1500–1640.” Early Music 10, no. 1 (January 1982): 23–29; “II: 1640–1740,” 10, no. 2 (April 1982): 183–91.
● 29. “The Detroit Recorder Manuscript (England c.1700).” American Recorder 23, no. 3 (August 1982): 96–102.
● 30. “The Recorder in the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline Theater.” American Recorder 25, no. 1 (February 1984): 3–10.
● 31. “A New Look at the Life of John Loeillet (1680–1730).” Recorder & Music 8, no. 2 (June 1984): 42–46. Another version in Concerning the Flute, ed. Rien de Reede [Festschrift for Frans Vester]. Amsterdam: Broekmans & Van Poppel, 1984, 65–73.
● 32. “The Recorder Consort at the English Court 1540–1673.” American Recorder 25, no. 3 (August 1984): 91–100; 25, no. 4 (November 1984): 131–35.
● 33. “A New Dating for Handel’s Recorder Sonatas.” Recorder & Music 8, no. 6 (June 1985): 170–71.
34. “The Anglo-Venetian Bassano Family as Instrument Makers and Repairers.” Galpin Society Journal 38 (1985): 112–32.
● 35. “Mrs. Midnight, Dr. Burney, the Jew’s Harp, and the Salt-Box.” VIM 2 (1985): 15–35.
36. “The Bassanos: Anglo-Venetian and Venetian.” Early Music 14, no. 4 (November 1986): 558–60.
● 37. “Dudley Ryder, An Amateur Musician and Dancer in England (1715–16).” American Recorder 28, no. 1 (February 1987): 4–13.
● 38. “Late Baroque Ornamentation: Philosophy and Guidelines.” American Recorder 29, no. 1 (February 1988): 7–10.
● 39. (Helen Neate, co-author) “The Life and Works of Robert Woodcock, 1690–1728.” American Recorder 29, no. 3 (August 1988): 92–104.
40. “The French Hautboy in England, 1673–1730.” Early Music 16, no. 3 (August 1988): 339–57.
41. (Rebecca Troxler, co-author) “New Ideas on Interpreting the Ornaments in Mozart’s Flute Concertos. Part One: Single-Note Ornaments and Turns.” Flutist Quarterly 13, no. 4 (Fall 1988): 19–29.
● 42. (Eva Legêne, co-author) “Learning to Ornament Handel’s Sonatas Through the Composer’s Ears. Part 1: Rhetoric, Variation, and Reworking,” The American Recorder 30, no. 1 (February 1989): 9–14. Part 2: Essential Graces, Free Ornamentation, and Contemporaneous Examples.” The American Recorder 30, no. 3 (August 1989): 102–6. Part 3: Conclusions.” The American Recorder 30, no. 4 (November 1989): 137–41. Revised one-part version in Recorder Education Journal 6 (2000): 44–59. For German version see item 58.
● 43. “The Life of Daniel De Moivre (fl. 1687–1731).” The Consort 45 (1989): 15–17.
44. Note on the repertory of the bass recorder in the Baroque period. American Recorder 31, no. 3 (September 1990): 34.
45. “More on the Life of Francesco Barsanti.” Brio 27, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 1990): 78–79.
46. “More on Echo Flutes.” The Recorder: Journal of the Victorian Recorder Guild 13 (July 1991): 14–16.
47. “Paisible’s Echo Flute, Bononcini’s Flauti Eco, and Bach’s Fiauti d’Echo.” The Galpin Society Journal 45 (March 1992): 59–66.
48. “The Levashers and the Le Vachers.” The Galpin Society Journal 45 (March 1992): 111–13.
49. “The Bassanos’ Maker’s Mark Revisited.” The Galpin Society Journal 46 (1993): 114–19.
● 50. “Historical Recorder Methods and ‘Authentic’ Performance.” The Recorder Education Journal 1 (1994): 47–53.
51. (Ardal Powell with David Lasocki) “Bach and the Flute: The Players, The Instruments, The Music.” Early Music 23, no. 1 (February 1995): 9–29.
52–54. “Instruction Books and Methods for the Recorder from Around 1500 to the Present Day” (pp. 119–35), “Professional Recorder Players I: Pre-Twentieth Century” (pp. 167–74), and (with Anthony Rowland-Jones) “The Eighteenth-Century Recorder Concerto” (pp. 107–18). In The Cambridge Companion to the Recorder, ed. John Mansfield Thomson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
● 55–57. “The Recorder’s Role in Seventeenth-Century Music, Then and Now: A Reply to Bart Kuijken,” “Barthold Kuijken and David Lasocki, An Exchange of Correspondence,” and “Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Recorder in the Seventeenth Century and How They Could Be Filled.” See under Books, 9.
● 58. (with Eva Legêne) “Wie man lernt, beim Verzieren von Händel-Sonaten mit dem Ohr des Komponisten zu hören.” Tibia 22, no. 3 (1997): 488–503.
● 59. “The London Publisher John Walsh (1665 or 1666–1736) and the Recorder.” In Sine musica nulla vita: Festschrift Hermann Moeck zum 75. Geburtstag am 16. September 1997, ed. Nicholaus Delius. Celle: Moeck, 1997, 343–74.
● 60. “Die Blockflöte als Symbol der Liebe.” ERTA Österreich News 4, no. 2 (1 July 1998): 1–5.
● 61. “Die Blockflöte als Liebhaber-Instrument vor dem 20. Jahrhundert.” ERTA Österreich News 4, no. 3 (1 October 1998): 1–5; 4, no. 4 (1 December 1998): 1–2, 5–6. ● English version as “Amateur Recorder Players in Renaissance and Baroque England.” American Recorder 40, no. 1 (January 1999): 15–19.
62. “Fiauto, fiauto d’echo.” In J. S. Bach, ed. Malcolm Boyd. Oxford Composer Companions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, 169–70.
63. “The Philosophy of Baroque Ornamentation: Editorial.” Recorder Education Journal 5 (1999): 2–5.
64. “A Short History of the Recorder Ensemble” in Bart Spanhove, The Finishing Touch of Ensemble Playing: A Flanders Recorder Quartet Guide for Recorder Players and Teachers (Peer, Belgium: Alamire, 2000), 53–62. German translation as “Zur Geschichte des Blockflöten-Ensembles: ein historischer Abriss” in Bart Spanhove, Das Einmaleins des Ensemblespiels: ein Leitfaden des Flanders Recorder Quartet für Blockflötenspieler und -lehrer, mit einem historischen Kapitel von David Lasocki (Celle: Moeck Music, 2002), 53–62. I was also the editor of the English version of this book.
● 65. “The Doubles in Jacques Hotteterre’s Airs et brunettes (ca. 1721).” Recorder Education Journal 5 (1999): 21–52; addendum in 6 (2000): 60.
66–86. Entries in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie, 2nd ed. (London: Macmillan, 2000) (also online at: www.grovemusic.com): “Ashe, Andrew,” “Banister, John (ii),” “Bassano [sections 1–3],” “Baston, John” (co-author with Owain Edwards), “Echo flute,” “Flauto,” “Flautino,” “Freillon-Poncein, Jean Pierre,” “Guillemant, Benoit” (co-author with Elizabeth Keitel), “HIER.S,” “La Riche, François,” “Mercy, Luis,” “Moeck,” “Paisible, Jacques,” “Petri, Michala,” “Recorder,” “Salter, Humphry,” “Schickhardt, Johann Christian” (co-author with Pippa Drummond), “Tonguing” (co-author with Bruce Dickey), “Vetter, Michael,” and “Woodcock, Robert.”
87. “Are There Any ‘Shoulds’ for Traverso Playing?” Traverso: Historic Flute Newsletter 13, no. 2 (April 2001): 5–7.
● 88. “Die Bassanos: Holzbläser, Instrumentenbauer und Komponisten des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in London und Venedig.” Tibia 27, no. 1 (2002): 3–10.
89. “The Flute in Handel’s Vocal Works.” Traverso 14, no. 2 (April 2002): 5–7.
90. “Spuren aus der Renaissance.” Windkanal: das Forum für die Blockflöte 4/2003, 7–12.
91–95. Entries on “Adson, John,” “Bassano, Alvise,” “Bressan, Peter,” “Keller, Gottfried,” and “Paisible, James,” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 60 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004); also available on www.oxforddnb.com (by subscription).
96. “Tracing the Renaissance Flute in Contemporaneous Documents.” Traverso: Historical Flute Newsletter 16, no. 1 (January 2004): 1–4.
● 97. “Renaissance Recorder Players.” American Recorder 45, no. 2 (March 2004): 8–23.
98. “Tracing the Lives of Players and Makers of the Flute and Recorder in the Renaissance.” Included in Books, 13.
● 99. (with Adrian Brown) “Renaissance Recorders and their Makers.” American Recorder 47, no. 1 (January 2006): 19–31.
● 100. (with Adrian Brown) “Blockflötenbauer der Renaissance, Teil 1.” Tibia 32, no. 1 (2007): 322–28; “Teil 2,” 32, no. 2 (2007): 402–12; “Teil 3,” 32, no. 3 (2007): 482–88; “Teil 4,” 32, no. 4 (2007): 562–66.
101–113. Twelve entries for the Lexicon der Flôte (Laaber, Germany: Laaber-Verlag, 2009): “Barsanti, Francesco,” “Bassano,” “Bressan, Peter,” “Folkers & Powell,” “Ganassi, Sylvestro,” “Hotteterre,” “Loeillet,” “Moeck,” “Paisible, James,” “Schickhardt, Johann Christian,” “sixth flute,” and “Vetter, Michael.”
● 114. “Lessons from Inventories and Sales of Flutes and Recorders, 1650–1800.” In Flötenmusik in Geschichte und Aufführungspraxis von 1650 bis 1850: XXXIV. Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstagung Michaelstein, 5. bis 7. Mai 2006, herausgegeben von Ute Omonsky und Boje E. Hans Schmuhl/Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein. Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte, Band 73. Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag, 2009, 299–330.
● 115. “Joshua Collins: an Eighteenth-Century Woodwind Maker (perhaps) from Manchester.” Manchester Sounds 8 (2009–10): 8–13.
The following two-part article received the 2012 Frances Densmore Prize of the American Musical Instrument Society for the most distinguished article-length work in English that furthers the goals of the Society published in 2009–10:
● 116. “New Light on the Early History of the Keyed Bugle from Newspaper Advertisements. Part 1: The Astor Advertisement and Collins v. Green.” Historic Brass Society Journal 21 (2009): 11–50. DOI: 10.2153/0120090011002.
● 117. “New Light on the Early History of the Keyed Bugle from Newspaper Advertisements. Part 2: More on England and Ireland; the United States.” Historic Brass Society Journal 22 (2010): 19–34.
● 118. “New Light on the Recorder and Flageolet in Colonial North America and the United States, 1700–1840, from Newspaper Advertisements.” Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 36 (2010): 5–80.
● 119. “New Light on Eighteenth-Century English Woodwind Makers from Newspaper Advertisements.” Galpin Society Journal 63 (2010): 73–142.
● 120. “Researching the Recorder in the Middle Ages.” American Recorder 52, no. 1 (January 2011): 14–19.
● 121. “The Recorder in English Newspapers, 1730–1800.” American Recorder 53, no. 2 (March 2012): 29–37.
● 122. “Woodwind Makers in the Turners Company of London, 1604–1750.” Galpin Society Journal 64 (2012): 61–91.
● 123. “What We Have Learned about the History of the Recorder in the Last 50 Years.” American Recorder 53, no. 5 (winter 2012): 18–27.
● 124. “Plays Pretty Well on the Common Flute: The Recorder in Colonial North America and the Early U.S.” American Recorder 54, no. 2 (summer 2013): 15–20.
● 125. “Die Blockflöte und ihre Musik an den jakobitischen Höfen in England und Frankreich von 1685 bis 1712.” Tibia 38, no. 3 (2013): 483–98. ● English version as “The Recorder and its Music at the Jacobite Courts in England and France, 1685–1712.” American Recorder 55, no. 3 (fall 2014): 15–30.
● 126. “De Bassetblokfluit, 1660–1740.” Blokfluitist 6, no. 1 (2014): 4–7.
127–40. Entries in The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd ed. (2014; online 2015): “Bassano,” “Bolton, Philippe,” “Bressan, Peter” (co-author with Maurice Byrne), “Breukink, Adriana,” “Brown, Adrian,” “Echo Flute,” “Flautino,” “Flauto,” “Folkers & Powell,” “HIERS.S,” “Le Vacher,” “Moeck,” “Recorder,” and “Tonguing” (co-author with Bruce Dickey).
● 141. “The Bassano Family, the Recorder, and the Writer Known as Shakespeare.” American Recorder 56, no. 4 (winter 2015): 11–25.
● 142. “Charles Babel’s Manuscripts for the Recorder: Light on Repertoire and the Art of Preluding (c.1700).” Early Music Performer: Journal of the National Early Music Association, no. 38 (April 2016): 4–21.
143. “Marc-Antoine Charpentier and the Flûte: Recorder or Traverso?” Traverso: Historical Flute Newsletter 26, no. 2 ([2016]): 5–8.
● 144. “Marc-Antoine Charpentier und die Flöte: Blockflöte oder Traversflöte?” Tibia 41, no. 2 (2016): 83–91.
● 145. “The Voice Flute and its Origin.” American Recorder 58, no. 2 (summer 2017): 6–19. German version as “Die Voice Flute und ihre Herkunft.” Tibia 42, no. 3 (2017): 483–500.
● 146. “Juan I. und seine ‘Flahutes’: Was sich tatsächlich im mittelalterlichen Aragon ereignete.” Windkanal 3/2017, 8–14. English version as “Juan I and his Flahutes: What Really Happened in Medieval Aragón?” American Recorder 58, no. 4 (winter 2017): 16–25.
147. Contributions to “Die Blockflöte bei ARTE: Kommentare aus Fachkreisen zu einem umstrittenen Film.” Windkanal 3/2018, 23–44.
148–49. Two entries for The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments, ed. Trevor Herbert, Arnold Myers and John Wallace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019): “Bassano Family” and “Keyed Bugle.”
150. “Jean-Baptiste Lully und die Flûte—Blockflöte, Voice Flute und Traverso.” Tibia 44, no. 4 (2019): 594–606.
● 151. “Confirmation of the Bassanos’ Maker’s Mark.” FoMRHI Quarterly, no. 153 (April 2021), Communication 2149. ● A slightly different version in Recorder Magazine 44, no. 1 (spring 2004): 10–12.
152. “Not Just the Alto: Sizes of Recorder, 1660–1800.” American Recorder 62, no. 2 (summer 2021): 6–17.
153. “Nicht nur die Altblockflöte: Blockflötengrößen 1660–1800.” Tibia: Portal für Holzbläser, https://www.moeck.com/tibia/, 16 July 2021.
154. David Lasocki, Giulia da Rocha Tettamanti, and Patricia Michelini Aguilar, “A flauta doce na Espanha, Portugal e suas colônias nos sécs. XVI e XVII.” Anais do VI Sympõsio acadêmico da flauta doce da EMBAP, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, 3–5 November 2021, 44–58.
● 155. Adrian Brown, “Sets or Consorts of Recorders c1500–1670,” with an Appendix, “Confirmation of the Bassanos’ Maker’s Mark,” by David Lasocki. Galpin Society Journal 76 (2023): 10–31.
● 156. “The Recorder in Spain, Portugal, and Their Colonies in the 16th and 17th Centuries.” American Recorder 64, no. 2 (summer 2023): 7–21.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
1. “A Review of Research on the Recorder, 1985–1986.” American Recorder 28, no. 4 (November 1987): 145–56.
2. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 1985–1987.” Tibia 13, no. 4 (1988): 237–58.
3. “The Recorder in Print: 1987–88.” American Recorder 31, no. 1 (March 1990): 11–13, 35–42.
4. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1988–89.” Historic Brass Society Journal 2 (1990): 190–202. Italian translation as “Gli scritti sugli ottoni d’epoca: una sistematica raccolta di saggi sugli ottoni nel XIX secolo, apparsi a partire dal 1988. In questa prima parte, quelli pubblicati nel 1988 e nel 1989.” I fiati 2, no. 5 (April/May 1995): 48–51.
5. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 1988–1989.” Tibia 16, no. 4 (1991): 585–99.
6. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1989–90.” Historic Brass Society Journal 3 (1991): 23–32. Italian translation as “Gli scritti sugli ottoni d’epoca: una sistematica raccolta di saggi sugli ottoni nel XIX secolo, apparsi a partire dal 1988. Nella terza parte, quelli pubblicati tra il 1989 e il 1990.” I fiati 2, no. 7 (August/September 1995): 42–45.
7. “The Recorder in Print: 1989–90.” American Recorder 33, no. 1 (March 1992): 15–19, 38–44.
8. “Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1990.” Tibia 18, no. 1 (1993): 355–64.
9. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1990–91.” Historic Brass Society Journal 4 (1992): 12–26. Italian translation as “Gli scritti sugli ottoni d’epoca: una sistematica raccolta di saggi sugli ottoni nel XIX secolo, apparsi a partire dal 1988. In questa seconda parte, quelli pubblicati tra il 1990 e il 1991.” I fiati 2, no. 6 (June 1995): 52–56.
10. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1991–93.” Historic Brass Society Journal 5 (1993): 132–45. Italian translation as “Gli scritti sugli ottoni d’epoca: una sistematica raccolta di saggi sugli ottoni nel XIX secolo, apparsi a partire dal 1988. Nella quarta parte, quelli pubblicati tra il 1991 e il 1993.” I fiati 2, no. 8 (October/November 1995): 46–49.
11. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 1991.” Tibia 19, no. 1 (1994): 1–13.
12. “The Recorder in Print 1991–92: What’s Been Written About the Recorder in Other Publications Around the World.” American Recorder 35, no. 2 (March 1994): 5–11, 30–35.
13. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 1991.” Tibia 19, no. 1 (1994): 1–13.
14. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1992–93.” Tibia 19, no. 4 (1994): 257–74.
15. “The Recorder in Print, 1993.” American Recorder 36, no. 2 (March 1995): 9–13, 34–35.
16. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass, 1992–94.” Historic Brass Society Journal 6 (1994): 216–30.
17. “A Preliminary Bibliography of Ensemble Pieces for Recorder, 16th–18th Century.” Recorder Education Journal 2 (1995): 79–85.
18. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historical Brass Instruments, Largely 1993–95.” Historic Brass Society Journal 7 (1995): 149–67.
19. See under Books, 9.
20. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1994.” Tibia 21, no. 4 (1996): 241–51.
21. “Bibliography of Writings About Historic Brass Instruments, 1995–96.” Historic Brass Society Journal 8 (1996): 115–23.
22. “The Recorder in Print: 1995. What’s Been Written About the Recorder in Other Publications Around the World.” American Recorder 38, no. 2 (March 1997): 9–15.
23. “The Recorder in Print: 1996.” American Recorder 39, no.2 (March 1998): 9–14, 39.
24. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1995.” Tibia 23, no. 2 (1998): 85–91; 169–75.
25. “Handel’s Original Recorder Music: A Bibliography.” Recorder Education Journal 3 (1996): 38–44.
26. “Historical Flute Bibliography, 1989–1998.” In Traverso, Historical Flute Newsletter: The First Ten Years, 1989–98, 161–90. Hudson, NY: Folkers & Powell, 1999.
27. “The Recorder in Print: 1997.” American Recorder 40, no. 3 (May 1999): 9–13, 35–36.
28. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1996–97.” Historic Brass Society Journal 9 (1997): 97–107.
29. “Estudios sobre la flauta dulce publicados en 1995.” Revista de flauta de pico no. 13 (1999): 17–21; no. 14 (1999): 17–22.
30. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforchung 1996.” Tibia 24, no. 3 (1999): 521–30.
31. “The Recorder in Print: 1998.” American Recorder 41, no. 3 (May 2000): 9–16, 30, 36–37.
32. “A Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 1998–99.” Historic Brass Society Journal 11 (1999): 163–74.
33. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1997: Was in anderen Publikationen aus aller Welt über die Blockflöte geschrieben wurde.” Tibia 25, no. 3 (2000): 181–202.
34. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1998: Was in Publikationen aus aller Welt über die Blockflöte geschrieben wurde.” Tibia 26, no. 2 (2001): 441–54.
35. “The Recorder in Print: 1999. What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 42, no. 3 (May 2001): 9–16.
36. “The Recorder in Print 2000.” American Recorder 43, no. 3 (May 2002): 7–15.
37. “Divisions on a Ground for the Recorder: A Bibliographic Essay.” The Recorder Education Journal 7 (2002): 10–19. German translation as “Divisions on a Ground: Recherchen im Blockflötenrepertoire.” Windkanal 3/2009, 8–13.
38. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 1999: Was in Publikationen aus aller Welt über die Blockflöte geschrieben wurde.” Tibia 27, no. 3 (2002): 161–74.
39. “A Bibliography of Writings About Historic Brass Instruments, 1999–2000.” Historic Brass Society Journal 12 (2000): 244–54.
40. “A Bibliography of Writings About Historic Brass Instruments, 2000–2001.” Historic Brass Society Journal 13 (2001): 210–21.
41. “Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2000.” Tibia 28, no. 1 (2003): 321–31; 28, no. 2 (2003): 401–9.
42. “The Recorder in Print, 2001: What’s Been Written About the Recorder in Other Publications Around the World.” American Recorder 45, no. 3 (May 2003): 14–21.
43. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 2001.” Tibia 28 no. 4 (2003): 561–65; 29, no. 1 (2004): 3–7.
44. “The Recorder in Print: 2002.” American Recorder 45, no. 3 (May 2004): 8–15.
45. A Listing of Inventories and Purchases of Flutes, Recorders, Flageolets, and Tabor Pipes, 1388–1630; http://www.music.indiana.edu/reference/bibliographies/inventoriesto1630.pdf; posted 1 July 2004. Included in Books, 13.
46. “Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 2003–04.” Historic Brass Society 17 (2004): 125–31.
47. “The Recorder in Print: 2003. What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications Around the World.” American Recorder 45, no. 2 (May 2005): 11–18.
48. “A Bibliography of Writings about Medieval and Renaissance Flutes.” Included in Books, 13.
49. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung, 2002.” Tibia 30, no. 2 (2005): 410–16; 30, no. 3 (2005): 490–96.
50. “Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 2004–05.” Historic Brass Society Journal 17 (2005): 115–21.
51. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2003.” Tibia 30, no. 2 (2006): 82–88; 30, no. 3 (2006): 175–82.
52. The Recorder in Print: 2004—What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 47, no. 3 (May 2006): 12–21
53. “Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 2005–2006.” Historic Brass Society Journal 18 (2006): 73–83.
54. “The Recorder in Print: 2005: What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 48, no. 3 (May 2007): 27–41.
55. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2004” Tibia 33, no. 2 (2008): 82–89; 33, no. 3 (2008): 162–67; 33, no. 4 (2008): 269–71.
56. “The Recorder in Print: 2006; What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 49, no. 3 (May 2008): 13–24.
57. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2005.” Tibia 34, no. 2 (2009): 431–36; 34, no. 3 (2009): 502–8; 34, no. 4 (2009): 593–98; 35, no. 1 (2010): 20–25.
58. “The Recorder in Print: 2007; What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 50, no. 3 (May 2009): 8–20.
59. “Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 2007–2008.” Historic Brass Society Journal 20 (2008): 205–12.
60. “Historical Flute Bibliography, 1999–2008.” In Traverso: Historical Flute Newsletter. The Second Decade, 1999–2008, ed. Ardal Powell, 169–206. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2009.
61. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2006.” Tibia 35, no. 2 (2010): 82–88, etc.
62. “Bibliography of Writings about Historic Brass Instruments, 2008–2009.” Historic Brass Society Journal 21 (2009): 103–11. DOI: 10.2153/0120080011006.
63. “The Recorder in Print: 2008; What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 51, no. 3 (May 2010): 10–20.
64. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2007.” Tibia 35, no. 4 (2010): 242–47; 36, no. 1 (2011): 322–33.
65. “The Recorder in Print: 2009; What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 52, no. 3 (May 2011): 14–24; 52, no. 4 (September 2011): 12–19.
66. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2008.” Tibia 36, no. 4 (2011): 576–82; 37, no. 1 (2012): 20–27.
67. “The Recorder in Print: 2010; What’s Been Written about the Recorder in Other Publications around the World.” American Recorder 53, no. 3 (May 2011): 7–19.
68. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2009.” Tibia 37, no. 3 (2012): 162–85.
69. “Ein Überblick über die Blockflötenforschung 2010.” Tibia 38, no. 1 (2013): 322–37.
Program Notes For Recordings
1. Jacques Hotteterre, Premier Flûtiste Français: Suiten, Sonaten, Pièces, Brunettes. Performed by Frans Brüggen, recorder, with Danny Bond, Ku Ebbinge, Shelley Gruskin, Bruce Haynes, Barthold and Wieland Kuijken, Marjanne Kweksilber, Gustav Leonhardt, Oswald van Olmen, and Toyohiko Satoh. Philips SEON 6776 002, 1977.
2. Georg Philipp Telemann: Trios für Block- oder Traversflöte mit anderen Instrumenten = Trios for Recorder or Transverse Flute Accompanied by Other Instruments. Performed by Frans Brüggen, recorder and baroque flute, with Bob van Asperen; Anner Bijlsma; Paul Dombrecht; Walter van Hauwe; Barthold, Sigiswald, and Wieland Kuijken; Gustav Leonhardt; Brian Pollard; and Anthony Woodrow. RCA SEON RL 30343, 1979.
3. G. F. Handel: Flute Sonata in D (First Recording on Original Instruments) and Sonatas in G, E minor and B minor. Performed by Peter Harrison, baroque flute, with John Treherne, spinet, and Alastair Mitchell, bassoon. Plant Life PLR041, ca. 1982.
4. Baroque Recorder Concerti. Performed by Scott Reiss, recorder, and Hesperus. Golden Apple GAC 7550, 1989.
5. Mozart: The Flute Concertos (K. 313, 314). Performed by Ransom Wilson, flute, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard. EMI Digital CDC 7 49099 2, 1989.
6. Händel: The Recorder Sonatas. Performed by Dan Laurin, recorder, with Hidemi Suzuki, cello, and Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord and organ. BIS CD–955, 1999.
7. Bassano: Viva l’amore XVI–XVII secolo. Performed by the Flanders Recorder Quartet with Capilla Flamenca. Opus 111, OPS 30–239, 1999.
8. Entertainments for a Small Flute (English recorder concertos by Babell, Baston, Sammartini, and Woodcock). Performed by Dan Laurin with the Orchestra “Van Wassenaer,” conducted by Makato Akatsu. BIS CD–985, 2000.
9. Magic. Performed by the Flanders Recorder Quartet and guests. Opus 111 OPS 30–272, 2000.
10. Piracy, Baroque Music Stolen for the Recorder. Performed by Genevieve Lacey, recorder, and Linda Kent, harpsichord and chamber organ. Sydney, Australia: ABC Classics 472 226–2, 2002.
11. Baroque Recorder Concertos. Performed by Pamela Thorby, recorder, and Sonnerie. [Glasgow], UK: Linn Records, CDK 183, 2002.
12. Sammartini: Sonaten für die Blockflöte. Performed by Ensemble Mediolanum. Heidelberg, Christophorus CHR 77252, 2002.
13. Vivaldi: La Notte: Concerti per strumenti diversi. Performed by Musica Pacifica, Judith Linsenberg and Elizabeth Blumenstock, directors. Dorian Records DOR 93252, 2003.
14. Matthew Locke: Consort of Fower Parts: Six Suites. Performed bythe Flanders Recorder Quartet. Aeolus AE–10106, 2004.
15. Telemann: The Recorder Sonatas = Die Sonaten für Blockflöte. Performed byErik Bosgraaf and Francisco Corti. Brilliant Classics 95247, 2015.
16. G. Ph. Telemann: Complete Suites and Concertos for Recorder = Suiten und Konzerte für Blockflöte. Performed by Erik Bosgraaf and Ensemble Cordevento. Brilliant Classics 95248, 2016.
17. Charles Dieupart: Six Sonatas for a Flute with a Thorough Bass (London 1717). Performed by Isabel Favilla and others. Brilliant Classics 95572, 2018.
18. Telemann: Paris Quartets. Performed by Ana López and others. DSP D.L.:V3082–2018. Notes by Ana López with David Lasocki.
19. Arcangelo Corelli: Solos and Concertos Fitted for the Flutes. Performed by Estro Cromatico, directed by Marco Scorticati. Essay “Corelli and the Recorder.” Outhere Music France A112, 2019.
20. Giuseppe Sammmartini: Sonatas for Recorder and Basso continuo, Vol. 1. Performed by
Andreas Böhlen, Michael Hell, Daniel Rosin, and Pietro Prosser. Essay “Giuseppe Sammartini and his Recorder Sonatas.” Aeolus AE–10306, 2020.
21. The Parensi Manuscript: Sinfonie di Varij Autori, Biblioteca Nazionale Palatina, Parma. Performed by Tabea Schwartz, recorder, and others. Pan Classics, PC 10421, 2020.
22. Giuseppe Sammmartini: Sonatas for Recorder and Basso continuo, Vol. 2. Performed by
Andreas Böhlen, Michael Hell, Daniel Rosin, and Pietro Prosser. Essay “Giuseppe Sammartini and his Recorder Sonatas.” Aeolus AE–10336, 2021.
23. Domenico Maria Dreyer, Sonatas for Recorder. Performed by Isaac Makhdoomi and Sebastian Bausch. Notes with Makhdoomi and Bausch. Prospero PROSP 0080, 2021.
24. The Celebrated San Martini: Recorder Sonatas by Giuseppe Sammartini. Performed by Tamar Lalo, recorder, and others. Pan Classics, PC 20443, 2023.
25. Isaac Makhdoomi’s Vivaldi.
Interviews With Me About My Research
● 1. Malcolm Tattersall. “Profile: David Lasocki.” The Recorder: Journal of the Victorian Recorder Guild 12 (1990): 7–12.
● 2. Penelope Mathiesen. “Woodwinds and Research: An Interview with David Lasocki.” Continuo 15, no. 3 (June 1991): 8–12.
● 3. Marianne Mezger. “Blockflötisten dürfen tun, was sie wollen: Ein Interview mit Dr. David Lasocki, Musikhistoriker und Bibliothekar der Musikabteilung an der Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.” SAJM — Zeitschrift 23, no. 4 (June 1995): 10–17.
● 4. Ulrich Thieme and Sabine Haase-Moeck. “David Lasocki — Forscher in Sachen Holzblasinstrumente.” Das Porträt, Tibia 26 no. 3 (2001): 541–47.
● 5. [Francis Knights]. “Interview with David Lasocki.” NEMA Newsletter 2, no. 2 (July 2018): 3–9.
● 6. Jennifer Odell. “Astral Plane: David Lasocki’s Five-Volume Series about Astral Project.” OffBeat 32, no. 5 (May 2019): 62, 64.
Scholarly Reviews Of Books, Scores, And Recordings
1. Ann Basart, The Sound of the Fortepiano: A Discography of Recordings on Early Pianos (Berkeley, CA.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1985). Early Keyboard Journal 4 (1985–86) [1987]: 64–68
2. Giovanni Platti, Sonata in C minor for Oboe and Basso Continuo, ed. Gregory Hayes (New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1985); Thomas Vincent, Sonata in A minor for Oboe and Basso Continuo, ed. George Pratt (London: Oxford University Press, 1983); Johann Christoph Pepusch, Sonata in E-Flat for Oboe and Basso Continuo, ed. Himie Voxman (London: Nova Music, 1983); Matthäus Nikolas Stulick, Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Strings, and Basso Continuo, ed. Richard Lauschmann (Hove: Nova Music, 1986); François Devienne, Three Sonatas, Op. 71, Nos. 1–3, for Oboe and Basso Continuo, ed. David Ledet (Monteux: Musica Rara, 1985). Notes 45, no. 3 (March 1989): 622–25.
3. Raymond Meylan, The Flute, trans. Alfred Clayton (Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1988); Hans-Peter Schmitz, Quantz heute (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1987); Antoine Mahaut, A New Method for Learning to Play the Transverse Flute, trans. Eileen Hadidian (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989). Notes 47, no. 4 (June 1991): 1150–53. “Briefly Noted” column (reviews of the same books). Traverso 3, no. 2 (April 1991): 3.
4. Venice Preserved: Bassano, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, performed by Gentlemen of the Chappell; His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts; Peter Bassano, cond. (ASV Gaudeamus CD GAU 122, 1990). Historic Brass Society Newsletter 4 (Summer 1992): 47–48.
5. Eve O’Kelly, The Recorder Today (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990); John Solum, The Early Flute (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992). Notes 51, no. 1 (September 1994): 181–85.
6. Michael Talbot, Antonio Vivaldi: A Guide to Research (New York: Garland, 1988). Fontes artis musicae 42, no. 3 (July–September 1995): 288–89.
7. Matthew Cron and Don Smithers, A Calendar and Comprehensive Source Catalogue of Georg Philipp Telemann’s Vocal and Instrumental Music with Brass (Tallahassee, FL: International Trumpet Guild, 1995). Historic Brass Society Journal 8 (1996): 125–26.
8. Graham Strahle, An Early Music Dictionary: Musical Terms from British Sources, 1500–1740 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995). Notes 54, no. 1 (September 1997): 68–69.
9. G. B. Lane, The Trombone: An Annotated Bibliography (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999). Historic Brass Society Journal 11 (1999): 201–4.
10. Paul Carroll, Baroque Woodwind Instruments: A Guide to their History, Repertoire and Basic Technique (Aldershot & Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999). Notes 57, no. 2 (December 2000): 386–88.
11. Federico Maria Sardelli, Vivaldi’s Music for Flute and Recorder (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007). Notes 61, no. 3 (March 2008): 496–98.
Other Writings About Music
1. “What Kind of Editions of 18th-Century Woodwind Music Do We Want?” Woodwind World—Brass & Percussion 15, no. 1 (Winter 1976): 10–11, 49; reprinted in Recorder & Music 5, no. 7 (September 1976): 223–24.
2. “Maria Boxall Interviewed by David Lasocki.” English Harpsichord Magazine 2, no. 1 (October 1977): 2–4.
● 3. “Recorder Players and I.” Early Music New Zealand 1, no. 4 (December 1985): 3–10.
4. “Writing Well When You Have No Time: Advice for Music Librarians and Other Busy Persons.” Annotations: A Publication of Indiana’s Music Library 4, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 6–13; reprinted in Cum Notis Variorum: The Newsletter of the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley 122 (June 1988): 3–8.
● 5. “The Third Recorder Age of Bernhard Heiden.” The American Recorder 30, no. 3 (August 1989): 109–12.
6. “Thoughts on Information, Knowledge, and the Music Research Guide.” Annotations: A Publication of Indiana’s Music Library 5, no. 1 (Summer/Fall 1989): 4–11; reprinted in Cum Notis Variorum: The Newsletter of the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley 135 (September 1989): 9–13.
7. “And You Think Your Library Has Rules.” Cum Notis Variorum: The Newsletter of the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley 136 (October 1989): 11.
8. “Scott Reiss and Baroque Recorder Concertos: The Making of a CD.” Continuo 14, no. 4 (August 1990): 2–4.
9. “19th-Century Flute and Guitar Music on Original Instruments: An Interview with the Boland–Dowdall Duo.” Continuo 15, no. 5 (October 1990): 2–7.
10. “What’s Up with the Recorder Down Under?” American Recorder 31, no. 4 (December 1990): 5, 24.
11. “The Art of Becoming a Recorder Player: Four European Professionals in Conversation with David Lasocki.” American Recorder 32, no. 3 (September 1991): 9–13.
● 12. “Walter Bergmann (1902–1988) as Editor, Author, and Mentor.” Continuo 15, no. 5 (October 1991): 2–6.
13. “The Great Authenticity Debate.” The Recorder: Journal of the Victorian Recorder Guild 14 (December 1991): 1–8.
● 14. “Betty and David.” See under Books, 6.
15. “The Recorder in the 17th Century: Report on the Utrecht Symposium.” American Recorder 34, no. 4 (November 1993): 3, 29–31.
16. “Bimbetta.” San Francisco Bay Area Early Music News, January 1994: 6–7.
17. “Bimbetta.” Historical Performance 7, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 11–12.
18. (David Hunter, et al.) “Music Library Association Guidelines for the Preparation of Music ßReference Works.” Notes 50, no. 4 (June 1994): 1329–38. Prepared by the Subcommittee on Bibliographic Standards for Reference Works, Reference and Public Service Committee, Music Library (of which I was a member for five years).
19. Obituary of Thomas Binkley. EMA Bulletin 1995 no. 4, p. 1.
20. “Die Blockflöte und Crossover-Musik: Scott Reiss im Gespräch mit David Lasocki.” Tibia 20, no. 4 (1995): 595–98. English version as “Crossover and Blues on the Recorder; Scott Reiss Interviewed by David Lasocki.” American Recorder 37, no. 4 (September 1996): 15–16.
● 21. “The Several Lives of Tom Binkley: A Tribute.” Early Music America: The Magazine of Historical Performance 1 (Fall 1995): 16–24. In Polish as “Wszyscy byliśmy `zbinkleyowani’: wspomnienie o Thomasie E. Binkley’u (1931–1995).” Canor 5, no. 4 (1995): 4–18.
22. “Folkers & Powell: A Couple of Flute Makers.” Early Music America: The Magazine of Historical Performance 2, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 10–16.
23. “New Landscapes for the Recorder: An Internet Conversation with David Bellugi.” American Recorder 38, no. 1 (January 1997): 16–17.
● 24–25. “Improvising with Alan and Bruce: A Memoir” (pp. 14–15) and “Tribute to Fred Morgan” (p. 29). In Recorder Education Journal 4 (1998).
26. My opinion quoted by Ardal Powell in “Select Music Facsimiles from Italy.” Traverso 11, no. 3 (July 1999): 9–12.
27. “In Memoriam J. M. Thomson (1926–1999).” American Recorder 30, no. 5 (November 1999): 7.
28. Translation of the composer’s foreword for the facsimile of Louis-François Dauprat, 20 Duos for Horns in Different Keys (Bloomington, IN: Birdalone Music, 1999).
29. “Reference.” Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century. Notes 56, no. 3 (March 2000): 605–10. Reprinted in Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century, ed. Richard Griscom and Amanda Maple, 43–48. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
● 30. “Music Reference as a Calling: An Essay.” Notes 56, no. 4 (June 2000): 879–93.
31. (with Lynn Waickman) “Robert Paul Block (1942–2001).” American Recorder 47, no. 3 (May 2001): 4; reprinted in The Recorder Magazine 21a, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 47.
32. Communication to Notes 58, no. 3 (March 2002): 699–700; with responses.
33. Obituary of Gerald Deatsman, Fanfare (Indiana University School of Music), 6 September 2002.
34. “A Modern Recorder Player in Four Worlds: Pamela Thorby Interviewed by David Lasocki.” American Recorder 43, no. 5 (November 2002): 6–9, 24–25.
● 35. “Reflections on the Publication of The Recorder: A Research and Information Guide.” The Recorder Education Journal, no. 8 (2002): 38–43.
36–37. Two letters to the editor, “Welcome, Alan!” and “… and While I’m Thinking About It.” American Recorder 45, no. 2 (March 2003): 23.
38. “A Web-based Catalogue of Recorder Music Before 1800.” Recorder Education Journal 9 (2003 [2004]): 35–37.
● 39. “Raising Uri.” Early Music America 10, no. 2 (summer 2004): 20. In German as “Der TIBIA Hörtipp.” Tibia 29, no. 3 (2004): 218–19.
40. “Musique de Joie, ein internationales Symposium in Utrecht über Renaissanceflöten- und Renaissanceblockflöten-Consorts.” Tibia 29 no. 2 (2004): 111–14.
41. “Introductory Remarks for the Panel Discussion: Imperative of Historical Information in Performance or Performers’ Choice?” Included in Books, 13.
42. “Ten Issues of REJ.” Recorder Education Journal 10 (2005): 2.
● 43. “Thiemo Wind’s ‘Promotion.’” American Recorder 47, no. 4 (September 2006): 8–9. In German as “Jacob van Eyck and the Others,” Tibia 37, no. 1 (2012): 33–36.
44. “Folkers and Powell.” In New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (2013).
Editions
Musica Rara, London (later Monteux, France; now distributed by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden)
1. Giovanni Battista Viotti, Quartet in B♭ major, Opus 22 No. 1, for flute, violin, viola, and violoncello. (1969. MR 1168)
2. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor, P. 83 [RV 445], for sopranino recorder, strings, and basso continuo. (1969. MR 1184)
3. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G minor, P. 342 [RV 439], for flute, bassoon, 2 violins, and basso continuo. (1969. MR 1185)
4. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C minor, P. 440 [RV 441], for alto recorder, strings, and basso continuo. (1969. MR 1203–1204)
5. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D major, P. 155 [RV 90], “Del Gardellino,” for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo. (1969. MR 1217)
6. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in B♭ major, P. 401 [RV 501], “La Notte,” for bassoon, strings, and basso continuo. (1970. MR 1246)
7. Carl Stamitz, Quartet in B♭ major, Opus 19 No. 2, for clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello. (1970. MR 1247)
8. Jean Baptiste Bréval, Symphonie Concertante in F major, Opus 31, for flute, bassoon, and piano (reduction). (1970. MR 1248)
9. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D minor, F. XII/42 [RV 96], for flute, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo. (1970. MR 1251)
10. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D major, F. XII/43 [RV 84], for flute, violin, and basso continuo. (1970. MR 1252)
11. Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Sonata da camera in C major, Opus 4, for flute, violin, oboe, and basso continuo. (1970. MR 1255)
12. (with William Blackwell) Anton Reicha, Quintet in E♭ major, Opus 106, for horn, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello (string bass ad lib.). (1971. MR 1260)
13. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G minor, P. 402 [RV 103], for alto recorder, oboe, and basso continuo. (1971. MR 1504)
14. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C major, P. 78 [RV 444], for sopranino recorder, strings, and basso continuo. (1972. MR 1529)
15. Franz Danzi, Quartet in D major, Opus 56 No. 1, for flute, violin, viola, and violoncello. (1972. MR 1531)
16. Ignace Pleyel, Quartet in F major, Opus 19 No. 2, for flute, violin, viola, and violoncello. (1972. MR 1536)
17. Alessandro Besozzi, Concerto in G major for oboe, strings, and basso continuo. (1972. MR 1556)
18. Johann Joachim Quantz, Concerto in D minor for flute, strings, and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1567)
19. Ignace Pleyel, Symphonie Concertante in F major for flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, and piano (reduction). (1973. MR 1601)
20. Antonio Vivaldi, Sonata in E minor (Stockholm) [RV 50] for flute and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1620)
21. Antonio Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in G minor (Lund) [RV 80] for 2 oboes and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1622)
22. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Concerto in G major, Wq 169, for flute, strings, and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1623)
23. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G major, P. 105 [RV 101], for alto recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1636)
24. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D minor, P. 302 [RV 535], for 2 oboes, strings, and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1641)
25. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C minor (Lund) [RV Anh 17, thought to be possibly by Telemann] for oboe, violin, strings, and basso continuo. (1973. MR 1642)
26. François Couperin, Concerts royaux Nos. 1–4 for flute or oboe or violin and basso continuo (second melody instrument and viola da gamba ad lib.). (1974. MR 1648)
27. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G minor, P. 403 [RV 105], for alto recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon, and basso continuo. (1974. MR 1635)
28. Johann Christoph Pepusch, Six Concertos, Opus 8, for 2 alto recorders, 2 flutes or oboes or violins, and basso continuo. (1974. MR 1659a-f)
29. Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata in C major, Opus 5 No. 3, for alto recorder and basso continuo (arr. anon. 18th-century Master). (1974. MR 1664)
30. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in G major, P. 129 [RV 545], for oboe, bassoon, strings, and basso continuo. (1974. MR 1665)
31. François Devienne, Sinfonie Concertante in G major for 2 flutes and piano (reduction). (1975. MR 1695)
32. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Six Trio Sonatas, Opus 3, for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1975. MR 1806–1807)
33. Johann Ladislaus Dussek, Trio in F minor, Opus 65, for flute, violoncello, and piano. (1975. MR 1808)
34. Johann Joachim Quantz, Trio Sonata in C minor for flute, oboe, and basso continuo. (1975. MR 1815)
35. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Concerto in B♭ major, Wq 167, for flute, strings, and basso continuo. (1975. MR 1827)
36. François Couperin, Les goûts réünis Nos. 5–14 for flute or oboe or violin and basso continuo. (1975. MR 1832)
37. Johann Christian Schickhardt, Six Concertos, Opus 22, for 2 alto recorders, oboe, and basso continuo. (1975. MR 1835–1840)
38. Johann Melchior Molter, Concerto in G major for flute, strings, and basso continuo. (1976. MR 1843)
Faber Music, London
39. (with Betty Bang) Jean-Pierre Freillon-Poncein and Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Preludes for solo treble recorder. (1969. F0207) Also published by G. Schirmer, New York, and Zen-On, Tokyo.
40. (with Walter Bergmann) George Frideric Handel, The Complete Sonatas for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1979, rev. 1982. F0566)
Reviewed by Michael Talbot, Early Music 8 (1980): 398.
41. George Frideric Handel, The Complete Sonatas for flute and basso continuo. (1983. F0663)
Hargail Music Press, New York
42. Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata in F major, Opus 5 No. 4, for alto recorder and basso continuo (arr. anon. 18th-century Master). (1971. H–101)
43. Daniel Demoivre, Suite in B♭ for bass [originally alto] recorder and basso continuo. (1972. H–103)
44. Daniel Demoivre, Suite in E minor for bass [originally alto] recorder and basso continuo. (1972. H–104)
45. William Babell, Concerto in C major, Opus 3 No. 1, for soprano recorder and piano (reduction). (1975. H–128)
46. William Williams, Trio Sonata in C major for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1977. H–140)
47. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D major, P. 198 [RV 92], for alto recorder, violin, and basso continuo. (1977. H–142)
48. Daniel Purcell, Sonata in C major for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1977. H–143)
49. Nicolo Francesco Haym, Trio Sonata in G minor for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1978. H–144)
50. Servaas de Konink, Trio Sonata in G minor for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1978. H–145)
American Recorder Society Editions, Galaxy Music Corporation, New York
51. Johann Christian Schickhardt, Sonata in F minor, Opus 17 No. 11, for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1978. ARS No. 86; 1.2839.3)
Hermann Moeck Verlag, Celle
52. Charles Buterne, Sonata in C minor, Opus 2 No. 6, for 2 alto recorders. (1976. Z.f.s. 443/444)
Zen-On Music Company, Tokyo (all sub-published later by Universal Edition, Vienna)
53. Raphael Courteville, Sonata in C major for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1978. R–146)
54. Gottfried Keller, Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1978. R–147)
55. Charles Buterne, Sonata in C minor for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1978. R–148)
56. William Babell, Concerto in D minor, Opus 3 No. 3, for soprano recorder and piano (reduction). (1978. R–149)
57. John Baston, Concerto No. 5 in C major for soprano recorder and piano (reduction). (1978. R–150)
58. Jean-Pierre Freillon-Poncein, Passacaille and 2 Menuets for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1978. R–152)
59. Francis Dieupart, Concerto in A minor for soprano recorder and piano (reduction). (1979. R–154)
60. Giovanni Battista Riccio, Canzon a una flautin, for tenor recorder and basso continuo; Canzona con il tremolo, “La Grimaneta,” for tenor recorder, dulcian, and basso continuo. (1980. R–157)
61. Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Sonata in F major, Opus 3 No. 8, for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1980. R–158)
62. Benedetto Marcello, Ciacona, Opus 2 No. 12, for alto recorder and basso continuo. (1980. R–159)
63. Gottfried Finger, Trio Sonata in G minor, Opus 6 No. 2, for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1980. R–160)
64. Gottfried Keller, Trio Sonata No. 3 in G minor for 2 alto recorders and basso continuo. (1981. R–163)
Nova Music, London (later Hove, Sussex; most then distributed or published by Spartan Press, Scotland, now out of business; then five reprinted by Instant Harmony)
65. George Frideric Handel, The Three Authentic Sonatas for oboe and basso continuo. (1979. N.M. 100). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
66. Gottfried Keller, Sonata in G major for 2 treble recorders, 2 oboes or violins, and basso continuo. (1979. N.M. 101). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
67. Arcangelo Corelli, Trio Sonata in D minor for 2 treble recorders and basso continuo, arranged by Johann Christian Schickhardt (and David Lasocki) from the Concerto Grosso in C minor, Opus 6 No. 3. (1979. N.M. 102). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
● Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2024.
68. Johann Joachim Quantz, Trio Sonata in G major, K. 45, for oboe, bassoon or violoncello, and basso continuo. (1979. N.M. 103). Spartan Press. Out of print.
69. Johann Christian Schickhardt, Sonata in G minor, Opus 2 No. 5, for oboe and basso continuo. (1979. N.M. 106). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
70. Johann Christian Schickhardt, Variations on La Folia, Opus 6 No. 6, for 2 treble recorders and basso continuo. (1979. N.M. 107). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA 117. Out of print.
● Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2024.
71. Charles Delusse, 12 Caprices for flute alone. (1979. N.M. 111). Spartan Press. Out of print.
72. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in D major, Opus 2 No. 1, for flute or oboe or violin or treble viol and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 113). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
73. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in B♭ major, Wq. 161/2, for flute and obbligato harpsichord. (1980. N.M. 116). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
74. Francesco Barsanti, Sonata in C minor for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 118). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
75. Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, Sonatas in C minor, Opus 3 No. 8, and B♭ major, Opus 3 No. 9, for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 120). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA 120. Out of print.
76. William Babell, Concerto in G major, Opus 3 No. 4, for descant recorder, strings, and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 122). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
77. Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, Sonata in D minor, Opus 3 No. 12, for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 123). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
78. (with R. P. Block) Antonio Vivaldi, Sonata in G minor (Stockholm) [RV 50] for treble recorder and basso continuo (from the flute original). (1980. N.M. 126). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
79. Johann Joachim Quantz, Trio Sonata in E minor, K. 28, for 2 flutes and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 133). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA 127, 2012. Out of print.
80. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in G major, Opus 2 No. 2, for flute or oboe or violin or treble viol and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 134). Spartan Press. Out of print.
81. Alessandro Marcello, Concerto di flauti, for descant, treble, tenor, and bass recorders, strings, and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 135). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA131, 2013. Out of print.
82. Johann Joachim Quantz, Trio Sonata in C minor, K. 33, for 2 flutes and basso continuo. (1980. N.M. 138). Spartan Press EMA 126. Out of print.
83. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Sonata in G major, Opus 44 No. 3, for flute and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 143). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
84. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in E minor, Opus 2 No. 3, for flute or oboe or violin or treble viol and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 146). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
85. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Ornamented Airs and Brunettes for flute solo (basso continuo ad lib.). (1980. N.M. 150). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
● Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2024.
86. Gottfried Keller, Trio Sonata in B♭ major for treble recorder or violin, oboe or violin, and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 153). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2023.
87. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, 6 Trio Sonatas, Opus 3, for 2 flutes or oboes or violins and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 156, 159). Spartan Press, 1999. NM 159 now out of print.
88. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in F major, Opus 2 No. 1, for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 162). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA 122. Out of print.
89. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in B♭ major, Opus 2 No. 2, for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 168). Spartan Press. Out of print.
90. Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Suite in G minor, Opus 2 No. 3, for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 171). Republished by Spartan Press as EMA 123. Out of print.
91. Johann Joachim Quantz, Sonata in D major, K. 46, and Sonatina in D major, for 3 flutes. (1982. N.M. 177). Spartan Press. Out of print.
92. James Paisible, Sonata in E♭ major for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1982. N.M. 182). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
93. Giuseppe Sammartini, Sonata in G major for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 183). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
94. James Paisible, Sonata in D major for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1983. N.M. 187). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
95. James Paisible, Suite in C minor for 2 treble recorders and basso continuo. (1982. N.M. 191). Spartan Press. Out of print.
● Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2024.
96. More Preludes and Voluntaries (England, c.1700) for treble recorder solo. (1981. N.M. 195). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
● Reprinted by Instant Harmony, 2024.
97. Gottfried Keller, Sonata in C major for 2 treble recorders, 2 oboes or violins, and basso continuo. (1981. N.M. 196). Spartan Press. Out of print.
98. Johann Joachim Quantz, 6 Sonatas, Opus 2, for 2 oboes. (1982. N.M. 207B). Spartan Press, 1999. Out of print.
Earlham Press, London
99. James Paisible, Sonata in D minor for treble recorder and basso continuo. (1982. E.P. 1002)
Anglo-American Music Publishers, Orlando, FL
100. Johann Josef Fux, Suite in F for flute or alto recorder, violin, horn and basso continuo. (1984. 1015)
101. Milling, Concerto in B♭ for Cor Anglais and Piano (ca. 1785).
Instant Harmony, Bloomington, IN, 2011; Portland, OR, 2012–21; São Paulo, Brazil, 2021–
● 102. Leonardo Vinci, Concerto in A minor for Alto Recorder, Violins, and Basso Continuo (2011. IH0001). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany as IH01, 2017.
● 103. Leonardo Vinci, Sonata in A minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2011. IH0002). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany as IH02, 2017.
● 104. Leonardo Vinci, Sonata in C minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2011. IH0003). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany as IH03, 2017.
The two sonatas reviewed by Sue Handscombe, Recorder Magazine 40, no. 1 (spring 2020): 28. All three Vinci editions reviewed by Michael Schneider, Tibia 36, no. 4 (2011): 609–11; Scott Paterson, American Recorder 53, no. 1 (January 2012): 33.
● 105. Mr. Carissimi, Sonata in D minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0004). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH04, 2019.
Reviewed by Laura Justice, Recorder Magazine 32, no. 4 (winter 2012); 143.
● 106. Pietro Antonio Fiocco, Sonata in C major for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0005). Available in print through Edition Walhall.
Reviewed by Laura Justice, Recorder Magazine 32, no. 4 (winter 2012); 143.
● 107. Agostino Steffani, Sonata in D minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0006). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH06, 2019.
Reviewed by Laura Justice, Recorder Magazine 32, no. 4 (winter 2012); 143; Emma Murphy, Recorder Magazine 42, no. 2 (summer 2022): 74.
● 108. Pietro Torri, Sonata in C major for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0007). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH08, 2019.
Reviewed by Laura Justice, Recorder Magazine 32, no. 4 (winter 2012); 143; Harriet Oliver, Recorder Magazine 40, no. 1 (spring 2020): 27.
● 109. William Babell, Concerto in C major, Op. 3, No. 2, for Soprano Recorder, Strings, and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0008). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH08, 2018.
Reviewed by Gwyn Roberts, American Recorder 54, no. 3 (fall 2014): 42–43; Michael Schneider, Tibia 44, no. 1 (2019): 371–72.
● 110. Johann Christian Schickhardt, Sonata in D minor, Op. 23, No. 4, for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0009)
Reviewed by Martha Bixler, American Recorder 56, no. 4 (winter 2015): 36–37.
● 111. Carl Rosier, Sonata in A minor (Babell ms., no. 4) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0010)
● 112. Carl Rosier, Sonata in C minor (Babell ms., no. 7) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo; with some help from Henry Purcell (2012. IH0011)
● 113. Carl Rosier, Sonata in G minor (Babell ms., no. 11) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0012)
● 114. Carl Rosier, Sonata in G major (Babell ms., no. 12) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0013)
● 115. Carl Rosier, Sonata in A minor (Babell ms., no. 14) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0014)
Reviewed by Regina Himmelbauer, Tibia 38, no. 1 (2013): 376–80.
● 116. Carl Rosier, Sonata in G minor (Babell ms., no. 16) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo; with some help from Henry Purcell (2012. IH0015)
● 117. Carl Rosier, Sonata in D major (Babell ms., no. 19) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0016)
Reviewed by Peter Gnoss, Tibia 38, no. 2 (2013): 456–57.
● 118. Carl Rosier, Sonata in G minor (Babell ms., no. 21) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0017)
● 119. Arcangelo Corelli (attrib.), Sonata in D minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0018). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH19, 2021.
● 120. Edward Finch, Cuckoo Sonata in C major for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2012. IH0019). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH20, 2019.
The Corelli and Finch sonatas, reviewed by Oliver Smith, The Recorder Magazine 33, no. 1 (spring 2013): 17.
● 121. James Paisible, Collected Duets from Manuscripts and Printed Collections for Two Alto Recorders (2012. IH0020). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany as IU20, 2017.
Reviewed by Bruce Calvin, American Recorder 54, no. 3 (fall 2014): 42.
● 122. James Paisible, Three Sonatas in D minor, F major, and C major (Paris ms., XI–XII) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2013. IH0021).
Reviewed by Oliver Smith, Recorder and Music Magazine 33, no. 2 (summer 2013): 60–61; Michael Schneider, Tibia 38, no. 4 (2013): 622–24; Almut Werner, Windkanal 2/2014, 35; Kristina Powers, American Recorder 54, no. 3 (fall 2014): 41.
● 123. James Paisible, Collected Suites for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2013. IH0022). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH22, 2019.
Reviewed by Almut Werner, Windkanal 2/2014, 35; Kristina Powers, American Recorder 54, no. 3 (fall 2014): 41; Oliver Smith, Recorder Magazine 36, no. 1 (spring 2016): 17.
● 124. Innocenzo Fede, Two Sonatas in D minor and G minor for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2013. IH0023).
Reviewed by Oliver Smith, Recorder Magazine 33, no. 2 (summer 2013): 61; Michael Schneider, Tibia 38, no. 4 (2013): 624; Kristina Powers, American Recorder 54, no. 3 (fall 2014): 41.
● 125. 49 Preludes, Fantaisies, and Caprices for Solo Alto Recorder Collected by Charles Babel (ca. 1700) (2016. IH0026). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH26, 2018.
Reviewed by Nikolaus Delius, Tibia 42, no. 2 (2017): 452–53; Regina Himmelbauer and Thomas Müller-Schmitt, Windkanal 1/2018, 37; Andrew Mayes, Recorder Magazine 37, no. 3 (winter 2017): 158; Beverly R. Lorner, American Recorder 58, no. 4 (winter 2017): 29.
● 126. Pieces for Solo Alto Recorder Collected by Julius Bernhard Lutter at the Hannover Court (1709) (2016. IH0027). Printed by Edition Walhall, Magdeburg, Germany, as IH27, 2018.
Reviewed by Regina Himmelbauer, Tibia 43, no. 1 (2018): 60; Beverly R. Lomer, American Recorder 60, no. 4 (winter 2019): 41–42.
● 127. Nicolas Derosier, La Fuite du Roi d’Angleterre [The Flight of the King of England], Complete, for Two Alto Recorders (or Violins) and Basso Continuo (2019 [2023]. IH 0028).
● 127. Gottfried Keller, Trio Sonata in G major for Alto Recorder, Oboe or Violin, and Basso Continuo (2016 [2023]. IH 0029).
● 128. Marin Marais, Two Movements Copied by Charles Babel (1698) for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo (2023. IH 0030).
● 129. Andreas Parcham, Sonata (Caprice) in G major for Alto Recorder (or Violin) and Basso Continuo (2023. IH 0031).
● 130. Gottfried Finger, Chaconne for Two Alto Recorders (2023. IH 0032).
See under Nova Music for reprints, 2023–24.