Woodwind instruments and their history
Record details
- ISBN: 0486268853
- ISBN: 9780486268859
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Physical Description:
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384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Publisher: New York : Dover, 1991, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "An unabridged republication of the third edition, published by Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1967, as reprinted with corrections in 1977"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-367) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The woodwind section: Fingering charts and diagrams -- Basic woodwind acoustics -- Tonguing and breathing -- Woodwind transposition -- Pitch -- The flute: General construction -- Wood versus metal -- Piccolo -- Bass flutes -- Flute bands and band flutes -- Flute mechanisms -- Reeds and reed-making -- The oboe -- The clarinet -- The bassoon -- History: The primitive flute world -- Early reed instruments and double-piping -- Medieval wind music -- The sixteenth century and the consorts The eighteenth century and the classical woodwind -- Mechanization -- Appendices: Alphabetical list of Old London makers and suppliers -- Parlour pipes -- Notes on mantenance. |
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Subject: | Woodwind instruments Woodwind instruments History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | ML 931 .B35 2012 | 30775305542848 | General Collection | Available | - |