[PDF] The History Of Musical Instruments eBook

Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486171515

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Written by a distinguished musicologist, this comprehensive history of musical instruments traces their evolution from prehistoric times in a fusion of music, anthropology, and fine arts. Includes 24 plates and 167 illustrations.

Author : Genevieve Helsby
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402208251

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"Your guide to the orchestra through sounds and stories." front cover.

Author : Murray Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198165040

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A reference guide to musical instruments.

Author : Anthony Baines
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 19,38 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486275744

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Evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas, and other brass wind instruments. Indispensable resource for any brass player or music historian. Over 140 illustrations and 48 music examples.

Author : Gary Tomlinson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1935408658

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What is the origin of music? In the last few decades this centuries-old puzzle has been reinvigorated by new archaeological evidence and developments in the fields of cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory. Starting at a period of human prehistory long before Homo sapiens or music existed, Tomlinson describes the incremental attainments that, by changing the communication and society of prehuman species, laid the foundation for musical behaviors in more recent times. He traces in Neandertals and early sapiens the accumulation and development of these capacities, and he details their coalescence into modern musical behavior across the last hundred millennia

Author : Philip Wilkinson
Publisher : Firefly Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228103417

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Although the title makes it sound like a reference book, it is so much more than that. The style of writing is engaging and informative. The layout is attractive, with beautiful illustrations, photos, period paintings, quotes, and interesting inserts on every page. Wilkinson's history unfolds like a symphonic work with instrument makers, composers and virtuosic performers picking up these incredible creations and exposing their beauty and capability. To open it up is to be instantly hooked. -- Publishers Weekly The 400-year story of music told by the instruments that make an orchestra. The History of Music in Fifty Instruments outlines musical history in well-written nuggets of information. Profiling one instrument at a time, it describes the history of music since the 1700s, when orchestras first took the formal shape familiar to us. The concise text explains the role of each instrument in the orchestra and its importance in the development of music in general. The book lists the 50 instruments chronologically in the woodwind, brass, percussion and string sections of an orchestra. The classic instruments are included -- violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp and more. Some instruments reflect the musical period or context in which they were most popular, such as the harpsichord in the Baroque period, and the snare drum in military parades. Among the unusual instruments is the otherworldly theremin. A wide range of modern and archival photographs and paintings show the instruments. Entries outline their historical and country origins and the era in which they were played (e.g. Classical, Modern). Annotated illustrations explain the instrument's construction, how it is played and tuned, and its musical range. Composers, musical compositions and musicians that highlight the particular instrument are examined. For example, Baroque composer Antonio Vivalidi's contribution to the violin; inventor Adolphe Sax's tenacious promotion of his saxophone in the 1840s; and 20th century pianist Glenn Gould's controversial recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations. For musicians, teachers and students, and all who enjoy music, this book is a beautiful and informative tour of the orchestra and beyond.

Author : Francis Collinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1000435830

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Originally published in 1975, and written by an authority on Scottish music, this book traces the evolution of the bagpipe whilst also narrating the fortunes of the ‘Great Highland Bagpipe’ itself. Exploring history and archaeology of civilizations as far removed from the Scottish Highlands as Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome this book offers a unique full-length history of one of the world’s most interesting and ancient musical instruments. Appendices list the bagpipes of other countries and the materials used in the instrument’s manufacture as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

Author : Karl Geiringer
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Musical instruments
ISBN :

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Chronologically arranged, it studies instruments of some 25,000 years from the clay drums of the stone age to electronic synthesizers.