This booklet, by one of today's most distinguished players of the instrument, is the fruit of a lifetime of experience, and will prove invaluable to composers, arrangers and orchestrators. The author points to many works in the contemporary repertoire of the recorder which illustrate the points made in the text. All composers should have this booklet on their shelves!

Contents;

Foreword

Historical Perspective and Associations

Range

Technique

Dynamics

Balance

Effects

Picture Gallery

Selected Bibliography

Selected List of Works

Acknowledgements

_Score 52 pp_