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Origins and Development of Musical Instruments
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2007
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Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Musical instruments, from the simplest whistles to the most complex organs, conch trumpets to sousaphones, archers' and musical bows to violins and pianos, the most basic straw reeds to the modern MIDI systems, and pairs of stones struck together to synthesizers, are all described here by instrument collector and expert Jeremy Montagu. Montagu speculates on how these instruments originated in the earliest days of humanity and relates how they moved from one culture to another through history, all the while changing and developing until they became the instruments we know today. The book also surveys the present uses of instruments throughout the world. Each chapter is devoted to a different type of instrument. Intervals and additional sections enhance the volume with information on musicians, the Medieval Renaissance, the ideal accompaniment, archaeology, symbiotic and newly created instruments, classification of instruments, scales and music, and some of the problems of acoustics. This comprehensive volume is illustrated with over 120 photos capturing several hundred instruments from all over the world; many of them from the author's own collection of over 2,500 instruments. A copious bibliography of sources, three indexes, and a series of maps make this a priceless resource.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5657-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7770-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
258
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Illustrations No access
Acknowledgments No access
Explanations and Definitions No access
Abbreviations No access
Maps No access
Chapter 01. Origins No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 02. Drums No access Pages 27 - 43
Chapter 03. Flutes and Recorders No access Pages 44 - 72
Chapter 04. Reeds No access Pages 73 - 102
Chapter 05. “Brass” Instruments: Trumpets and Horns No access Pages 103 - 124
Chapter 06. String Instruments No access Pages 125 - 187
Chapter 07. Pipe Organs No access Pages 188 - 201
Chapter 08. Electrophones No access Pages 202 - 208
Afterword: Archaeology and Other -ologies No access Pages 209 - 224
Bibliography No access Pages 225 - 234
Index of Instruments and Accessories No access Pages 235 - 244
Index of Places and Peoples No access Pages 245 - 248
General Index No access Pages 249 - 256
About the Author No access Pages 257 - 258
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