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Musical instruments.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: . Scholastic voyages of discovery.Publication details: New York : Scholastic, 1994, c1993.Description: 45 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0590476386 :
Uniform titles:
  • Musique des instruments. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 784.19 20
LOC classification:
  • ML460 .M9713 1994
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Early music : the melodies of prehistory -- Music and myth : flutes, drums, and bells -- Rubbing, plucking, scraping : string instruments -- Rapping, tapping, shaking : percussion instruments --
Summary: The birth of the violin : in Stradivari's workshop.Text and accompanying photographs present musical instruments from the first flutes of bone to computerized electronic synthesizers. Explores relationships across cultures and continents, from Egyptian harps made about 3000 B.C., to Stradivari's violin workshop, to
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Books Books Riverfield Country Day School Non-fiction 782 Music Songs (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Shelved in Non Fiction 782 Music Songs T0086402
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Spiral bound with fold-out pages.

"From flutes carved of bone, to lutes, to modern electric guitars"--Cover.

Originally published in France in 1993 under the title: La musique des instruments by Editions Gallimard Jeunesse.

Includesbibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Early music : the melodies of prehistory -- Music and myth : flutes, drums, and bells -- Rubbing, plucking, scraping : string instruments -- Rapping, tapping, shaking : percussion instruments --

The birth of the violin : in Stradivari's workshop.Text and accompanying photographs present musical instruments from the first flutes of bone to computerized electronic synthesizers. Explores relationships across cultures and continents, from Egyptian harps made about 3000 B.C., to Stradivari's violin workshop, to

modern orchestras. Includes biographical information on some famous people connected with music.

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