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New York: MacMillan Publishing. NEAR FINE. Ex-college library with the usual treatments. Seems unused.. 1989. 3-volume SET. Large, library quality cloth hardcovers. Brown with red labels to spine and silver lettering. Publisher's stain to top edges. New York: MacMillan Publishing ISBN 0943818052 9780943818054 [US]
ISBN10: 0943818052, ISBN13: 9780943818054, [publisher: New York: MacMillan Publishing] Hardcover 1989. 3-volume SET. Large, library quality cloth hardcovers. Brown with red labels to spine and silver lettering. Publisher's stain to top edges. NEAR FINE. Ex-college library with the usual treatments. Seems unused. [Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989]
MacMillan Press Limited, Date: 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/No Dustjacket as issued. . 7x8x10. Missing Volume 3. Both volumes are bright, fresh copies. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments is the definitive guide to over 12,000 musical instruments from around the world. It encompasses western, non-western, and developing-world cultures, and includes classical, folk, and popular music. It also covers instruments of all ages--from the ancient water organ to the synthesizer. The Dictionary describes each instrument individually and in the context of instrument families. It charts the history, development, musical function, and inter-cultural links of each instrument as well as its construction, performance practice and technique.The New Grove Dictionary also explores the cultures and societies that have created these instruments and the various non-musical functions of certain instruments. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments includes: Unprecedented coverage of Western musical instruments--from early European instruments, to the development of the organ and the violin, and continuing into the twentieth century with computers and synthesizers. 6,000 articles on non-western developing-world and folk instruments. Detailed catalogs of the world's private and public instrument collections, a survey of forgery, and a study of restoration and maintenance techniques. Articles on performance practice and technique--such as tuning, ornamentation, fi ...
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MacMillan Press Limited 1989 First Edition Hardcover Like New. No Dustjacket as issued. Size: 7x8x10; Missing Volume 3. Both volumes are bright, fresh copies. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments is the definitive guide to over 12, 000 musical instruments from around the world. It encompasses western, non-western, and developing-world cultures, and includes classical, folk, and popular music. It also covers instruments of all ages--from the ancient water organ to the synthesizer. The Dictionary describes each instrument individually and in the context of instrument families. It charts the history, development, musical function, and inter-cultural links of each instrument as well as its construction, performance practice and technique. The New Grove Dictionary also explores the cultures and societies that have created these instruments and the various non-musical functions of certain instruments. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments includes: Unprecedented coverage of Western musical instruments--from early European instruments, to the development of the organ and the violin, and continuing into the twentieth century with computers and synthesizers. 6, 000 articles on non-western developing-world and folk instruments. Detailed catalogs of the world's private and public instrument collections, a survey of forgery, and a study of restoration and maintenance techniques. Articles on performance practice and technique--such as tuning, ornamentation, fingerin ...
ISBN10: 0943818052, ISBN13: 9780943818054, [publisher: MacMillan Press Limited] Hardcover First Edition Missing Volume 3. Both volumes are bright, fresh copies. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments is the definitive guide to over 12,000 musical instruments from around the world. It encompasses western, non-western, and developing-world cultures, and includes classical, folk, and popular music. It also covers instruments of all ages--from the ancient water organ to the synthesizer. The Dictionary describes each instrument individually and in the context of instrument families. It charts the history, development, musical function, and inter-cultural links of each instrument as well as its construction, performance practice and technique.The New Grove Dictionary also explores the cultures and societies that have created these instruments and the various non-musical functions of certain instruments. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments includes: Unprecedented coverage of Western musical instruments--from early European instruments, to the development of the organ and the violin, and continuing into the twentieth century with computers and synthesizers. 6,000 articles on non-western developing-world and folk instruments. Detailed catalogs of the world's private and public instrument collections, a survey of forgery, and a study of restoration and maintenance techniques. Articles on performance practice and technique--such as tuning, ornamentatio ...
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (Volume 3 Only. Volume 3: P - Z). Edited by Stanley Sadie. Date: 1985 by Macmillan Press Ltd. Hardcover, 938 pp. 1985. Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN 0943818052 9780943818054 [US]
ISBN10: 0943818052, ISBN13: 9780943818054, [publisher: Macmillan Press] Hardcover New [Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
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