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LEADER: 02367cam 2200433Ka 4500
001 ocm52389123
003 OCoLC
005 20180803000015.0
008 030609s2002 enka 001 0 eng d
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020 $a1843096951
020 $a9781843096955
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035 $a(OCoLC)52389123
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050 4 $aML102.I5$bW334 2002
082 04 $a784.1909$222
100 1 $aWade-Matthews, Max.
245 14 $aThe world encyclopedia of musical instruments /$cMax Wade-Matthews.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aLondon :$bHermes House,$c2002.
300 $a256 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c30 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes glossary and index.
505 2 $aHistory of music-making and the orchestra -- Encyclopedia of musical instruments.
520 $aA comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboard and the voice, as well as historical, rare and non-western instruments. An illustrated guide to instruments and their historical relatives, with specially commissioned photographs of all the modern instruments. Famous players, orchestras and concert halls, and the role of the composer and the conductor. A history of music-making, beginning with man's first discovery of music and its development in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, India, China and Japan, charting key turning points such as the invention of the bow and valves, and ending with the modern instruments of the twentieth century. Includes information on the evolution of the orchestra -- from medieval consorts, baroque and classical orchestras, through to the modern symphony orchestra we know today.
650 0 $aMusical instruments$vEncyclopedias.
650 0 $aMusical instruments$xHistory.
650 7 $aMusical instruments.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01030728
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029 1 $aAU@$b000040222110
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