The Encyclopedia of Music Musical Instruments and the Art of Music-Making
Wade-Matthews, Max
The Encyclopedia of Music Musical Instruments and the Art of Music-Making Max Wade-Matthews and Wendy Thompson - U.S.A Barners & Noble 2007 - 512tr. Hardcover, Illustration 23 cm
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.
9780760762431, 0760762430
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Music Instruments
Music
780.3 / W119-M46
The Encyclopedia of Music Musical Instruments and the Art of Music-Making Max Wade-Matthews and Wendy Thompson - U.S.A Barners & Noble 2007 - 512tr. Hardcover, Illustration 23 cm
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.
9780760762431, 0760762430
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Music Instruments
Music
780.3 / W119-M46