Musical instruments through the ages.
Series: Pelican books,; A347
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Musical instruments -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: The primitive musical instruments / Klaus P. Wachsmann; title: The organ / Cecil Clutton; title: The clavichord / Thurston Dart; title: The harpsichord, spinet, and virginal / Raymond Russell; title: The pianoforte / Cecil Clutton; title: The violin / David D. Boyden; title: The viola / Kenneth Skeaping; title: The violoncello / Christopher Bunting; title: The double bass / Eric Halfpenny; title: The lute / Michael W. Prynne; title: The guitar and other fretted instruments / Albert Birch; title: The viols / Thurston Dart; title: The modern development of the harp / Albert Birch; title: Ancient and folk backgrounds / Anthony Baines; title: The woodwind / James A. MacGillivray; title: The older brass instruments : cornett, trombone, and trumpet / Christopher W. Monk; title: The horn, and the later brass / R. Morley Pegge; title: Free-reed instruments / James Howarth; title: The orchestral instruments of percusion / James Blades.