This book is directed towards a wide audience including not only the relative newcomer to the wonders of music but also those presently engaged in the study of
A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboard and the voice, as
The art of music-making has existed for thousands of years. This fascinating book begins with a history of music-making, posing the questions What is music? and
The critical importance of past for the present--of music histories in local and global forms--asserts itself. The history of world music, as each chapter makes