Origins and Development of Musical Instruments

by Jeremy Montagu

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810856573
• ISBN13: 9780810856578
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.0"