Musical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music

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Oxford University Press, 2004 - Music - 510 pages
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Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. After introducing the nature of sounds in music, and the sound production mechanisms of different families of instruments, the authors survey each family in turn, giving a description of the distinguishing acoustical features, the various forms of instruments adopted in different periods, the variety of sizes and shapes in current use, the manufacturing processes, and the playing techniques commonly used by performers. The full index and glossary also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on instruments not included in the text, making this the essential reference for everyone researching and working with musical instruments and performance.
  

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Murray Campbell, Clive A. Greated, Arnold Myers - Music - 2004 - 510 pages
Musical Instruments presents the first comprehensive survey to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. A full glossary and index also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on instruments not included in the text, making this the essential reference for everyone researching and working with musical instruments and performance. 

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Page 1 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.‎
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Donald Murray Campbell is at University of Edinburgh. Clive Alan Greated is at University of Edinburgh.

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TitleMusical Instruments: History, Technology, and Performance of Instruments of Western Music
Oxford scholarship online
AuthorsMurray Campbell, Clive A. Greated, Arnold Myers
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherOxford University Press, 2004
ISBN0198165048, 9780198165040
Length510 pages
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