Instruments of the orchestra
Subtitle: by sight, sound and story : a description of the instruments and their use
By: by Harold D. Smith.
Contributors: Victor Talking Machine Company.
Publisher: Educational Dept. of the Victor Talking Machine Co.
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Camden, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Musical instruments.; Orchestra.; Orchestral music -- Discography.
Genres: Discography.
Other titles: Instruments of the orchestra handbook
Description: Describes the development of the orchestra, and introduces the instruments of the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families, telling, for each, its history, how it is played, who introduced it, and in what compositions (and on what Victor recordings) it is featured.