Origins and Development of Musical Instruments (eBook)

Jeremy Montagu (Autor)

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2007
280 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-7770-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A survey of the origins and development of musical instruments world-wide from Paleolithic times to the present day. Illustrated with pictures of several hundred instruments from all over the world on 120 plates, with five maps for ease of reference to exotic places.

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Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Musical instruments, from the simplest whistles to the most complex organs, conch trumpets to sousaphones, archers' and musical bows to violins and pianos, the most basic straw reeds to the modern MIDI systems, and pairs of stones struck together to synthesizers, are all described here by instrument collector and expert Jeremy Montagu. Montagu speculates on how these instruments originated in the earliest days of humanity and relates how they moved from one culture to another through history, all the while changing and developing until they became the instruments we know today. The book also surveys the present uses of instruments throughout the world. Each chapter is devoted to a different type of instrument. Intervals and additional sections enhance the volume with information on musicians, the Medieval Renaissance, the ideal accompaniment, archaeology, symbiotic and newly created instruments, classification of instruments, scales and music, and some of the problems of acoustics. This comprehensive volume is illustrated with over 120 photos capturing several hundred instruments from all over the world; many of them from the author's own collection of over 2,500 instruments. A copious bibliography of sources, three indexes, and a series of maps make this a priceless resource.

Autor

Jeremy Montagu, now retired, was the curator of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments and lecturer in the Faculty of Music at University of Oxford. He has authored several books on musical instruments, including Timpani & Percussion (2002), Reed Instruments: An Annotated Catalogue (Scarecrow Press, 2001), and Musical Instruments of the Bible (Scarecrow Press, 2002).

Inhalt

Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Explanations and DefinitionsPart 4 AbbreviationsPart 5 MapsChapter 6 1. OriginsChapter 7 2. DrumsChapter 8 3. Flutes and RecordersChapter 9 4. ReedsChapter 10 5. "Brass" Instruments: Trumpets and HornsChapter 11 6. String InstrumentsChapter 12 7. Pipe OrgansChapter 13 8. ElectrophonesPart 14 Afterword: Archaeology and Other -ologiesChapter 15 Classification of InstrumentsChapter 16 Scales and MusicChapter 17 The Sounds of SciencePart 18 BibliographyPart 19 Index of Instruments and AccessoriesPart 20 Index of Places and PeoplesPart 21 General IndexPart 22 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-7770-8 / 0810877708
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-7770-2 / 9780810877702