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Paperback. Condition: Fair. 264 pages. cover worn, edge of pages marked & discolouredThis is the first book to offer a complete introduction to the recorder. Eigh t contributors from four different countries write on topics such as the recorde r and its music through the centuries, the recorder as orchestral instrument, th e professional recorder player through history and today, and the phenomenon of the recorder revival. The Companion also contains basic reference material previ ously unavailable in one volume. A special feature is the rich collection of ill ustrations that provide a history of the instrument. The Cambridge Companion to the Recorder will be of interest to performers and students as well as to music enthusiasts.…