Editor of the Society's journal, Carter (music, Wake Forest U.) tells the story of the sliding brass instrument during the Renaissance through pictures and documents rather than continuous narrative. In what he intends as a source for performers as well as scholars, he looks at the trombone during the 15th and 16th centuries throughout Western Europe with chapters also on Eastern Europe, and Asia, Africa, and the New World. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)