Woodwind Instruments and Their History

by Anthony Baines, Adrian Boult (Foreword by)

Overview

This superior study by a leading authority on woodwind instruments is considered the definitive work on the subject, combining a history of woodwinds with detailed descriptions and photographs of the various instruments in use today. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. Glossary. Appendixes. Includes 34 halftones, 41 line illustrations, 25 musical examples and 16 fingering charts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393933680
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/06/2009
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anthony Baines (1912-97) specialized in a branch of musicology known as organology. He produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments and was a founding member of the Galpin Society, formed to further research into the history, construction, development, and use of musical instruments.