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What is The World of Musical Instruments about?

The author describes how musical instruments have always been bound up with man's history, who played them, how they are played, and how they are likely to evolve. He concentrates on the chief classical musical instruments of the Western World, on how the main types of instruments developed over the centuries, and on the basic principles by which they function. He explains how they differ from each other and from some of their chief counterparts in the rest of the world, and explores the relationships with some of the world's folk instruments. From the lyre of Apollo to the electronic sounds of tomorrow, the great families of musical instruments are discussed and described. Illustrated with 150 pictures, including photographs, drawings, sketches, paintings, sculptures, woodcuts and musical scores

Author

Kendall, Alan, 1939-

Publisher

Hamlyn Publishing Group

Published

1972

Language

EN

ISBN

9780600359579

Subjects

Music, Arts