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Loading... The Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Instruments and the Art of Music-Making (edition 2004)by Max Wade-Matthews, Wendy Thompson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 11/13/10 This huge compendium is excellent. I keep this book handy and dive into it periodically. Wonderful illustrations, well-organized and vastly comprehensive. Detailed descriptions of the origin and nature of every kind of instrument you ever heard of (accordion to zither) and some you have not. If you have a young musician in your household, consider getting this terrific resource. no reviews | add a review
"A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice, as well as historical, rare and non-Western instruments. An authoritative guide to over 100 of the most famous classical composers, from Bach to Xenakis, encompassing all styles of composition from medieval times to the present day. The text features concise, at-a-glance fact boxes that summarize key information about instruments, performers and composers' key works. Fully illustrated with over 1,000 photographs and illustrations of musical instruments and composers, the places where they lived and worked, scenes from their ballet or operas, and examples of their handwritten manuscripts." No library descriptions found. |
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