Publication

2014 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC784.19
  • LCCML460 .W55 2014
  • LCCML460 .W46 2014
and 1 more
  • LCCML460.W46 2014

Description

Profiling one at a time the instruments that have joined the orchestra from the Baroque era of the 1600s up to the modern age, the author describes the history of music since orchestras first took the formal shape familiar to us today. The origin and development of each instrument is describe, along with brief information on the instrument makers, composers, and musicians who have made them famous.

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