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Musical Instruments of the World:

An Illustrated Encyclopedia
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Sterling Publishing Company, 1997 - Music - 320 pages
"One of the nicest things.is that you don't have to be a musician to love it. It's a browser's delight."--The New York Times

It's the best-looking musical encyclopedia ever! Using a completely visual approach, this ultimate reference has over 4,000 drawings showcasing the evolution of instruments--and music--from primitive whistles to electric guitars (complete with fuzz box and pedal). Exquisite illustrations accompany each entry, with painstaking detail and attention to structure, function, and decoration. Most extraordinary is the range of instruments included: orchestral, popular, classical, ancient, and folk. Classed by family groups, they are cross-referenced with material on geographical distribution and historical periods. Plus scores, diagrams of correct playing techniques, major figures, and other fascinating information provided by over forty researchers, writers, and illustrators, in cooperation with 200 scholars from 20 countries!

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User Review  - Judith - Goodreads

This is a great to have if you want to see what a instrument looks like. I use it regularly in my music teaching when discussing various instruments. Read full review

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User Review  - Robert Hund - Goodreads

An illustrated encyclopedia. references to many intersting and obscure instruments, including the "Nose Flute". Read full review

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Jeremy Montagu Corrections for Diagram Group Musical Instruments ...
Jeremy Montagu. Corrections for Diagram Group. Musical Instruments of the World. page no. Page 1 of 11. A version of this first appeared in fomrhi Quarterly ...
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JSTOR: World Instruments
World instruments Musical Instruments of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia by the Diagram Group. Paddington, ?8.95 A useful addition to the literature ...
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BRABSON LIBRARY & EDUCATION FOUNDATION
(1) AA. Pages 28 – 29. Idiophones. 1. The gamelan features several idiophones, such as “gong, gong-chimes,. metallophones, and cymbals. ...
www.us.oup.com/ us/ pdf/ globalmusic/ bali/ Chapter2.pdf

Musical Instruments | Selected Readings | Timeline of Art History ...
Musical Instruments of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by the Diagram Group. New York: Paddington Press, 1976. Based on the Sachs-Hornbostel system ...
www.metmuseum.org/ toah/ intro/ atr/ sr_musical_instruments.htm

Tibetan Music
Another good reference to these instruments is Musical Instruments of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia by the Diagram Group (New York: Paddington ...
www.acsu.buffalo.edu/ ~jemorgan/ dalai/ instruments.html

Squeeze Box Thesaurus
Musical Instruments of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York: Paddington Press, 1976. This encyclopedia classified musical instruments under the ...
www.slais.ubc.ca/ COURSES/ libr512/ 01-02-wt2/ thesauri/ Accordion/ litreview.htm

Recorder Players Guide
Musical Instruments of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia. NY: Sterling Pub. Co., 1997. [MUSIC REF. ML102.I5 M88 1997]. Marcuse, Sibyl. ...
libweb.uoregon.edu/ music/ researchguides/ recorderguide.html

JOHN ZERETZKE A World of Music
curriculumconnection. JOHN ZERETZKE. A World of Music. John Zeretzke is an award-winning composer, artist/. educator and renowned World Music soloist on a ...
www.musiccenter.org/ education/ downloads/ JohnZeretzkeCCCompletePDF.pdf

Inventing Music Play Centers. Beyond the Journal, July 2004. Young ...
Musical instruments of the world: An illustrated encyclopedia. New York: Sterling. Isenberg, jp, & mr Jalongo. 1993. Creative expression and play in the ...
journal.naeyc.org/ btj/ 200407/ musicPlay.asp

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 June 6 ...
Musical instruments of the world: an illustrated encyclopedia. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0806998473. Max Wade-Matthews (2000). ...
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About the author (1997)

The Diagram Group is a team of writers, researchers, editors, and designers who have specialized in producing a number of highly acclaimed visual reference books since its formation in 1960.

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