Lip-vibrated instruments of the ancient and non-western world / Margaret Sarkissian -- How brass instruments work / Arnold Myers -- Design, technology and manufacture before 1800 / Robert Barclay -- Brass instruments in art music in the Middle Ages / Keith Polk -- The cornett / Bruce Dickey -- 'Sackbut' : the early trombone / Trevor Herbert -- The trumpet before 1800 / Edward H. Tarr --- The horn in the Baroque and classical periods / Thomas Hiebert -- Design, technology and manufacture since 1800 / Arnold Myers -- Keyed brass / Ralph T. Dudgeon -- The low brass / Clifford Bevan -- Brass in the modern orchestra / Simon Wills -- Brass bands and other vernacular brass traditions / Trevor Herbert -- Playing, learning and teaching brass / Ralph T. Dudgeon ... [et al.] -- The post-classical horn / Robert Evans -- Jazz, improvisation and brass / Roger T. Dean -- Brass solo and chamber music from 1800 / John Wallace -- Frontiers or byways? Brass instruments in avant-garde music / Simon Wills.