The history of musical instruments / Curt Sachs

Sachs, Curt (1881-1959)

ISBN 10: 0460036602 / ISBN 13: 9780460036603

Published by London: J.M. Dent, 1977

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Library copy from The Queen's University of Belfast Department of Extra-Mural Studies. Physical description: 505 pages, 24 leaves of plates: illustrations; 25 cm. Contents: First Part: The primitive and prehistoric epoch. Early instruments; The chronology of early instruments -- Second Part: Antiquity. Sumer and Babylonia; Egypt; Israel; Greece. Rome and Etruria; India; The Far East; America -- Third Part: The Middle Ages. The Far East; India; Southeast Asia; The Near East; Europe -- Fourth Part: The Modern Occident. The Renaissance (1400-1600); The Baroque (1600-1750); Romanticism (1750-1900); The Twentieth Century. Subjects: Musical instruments History. Musical instruments. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The history of musical instruments / Curt Sachs
• Publisher: London: J.M. Dent
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460036602
• ISBN 13: 9780460036603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A cultural survey tracing the development of musical instruments throughout the world, from prehistoric times to the twentieth century