Profiling one at a time the instruments that have joined the orchestra from the Baroque era of the 1600s up to the modern age, the author describes the history of music since orchestras first took the formal shape familiar to us today. The origin and development of each instrument is describe, along with brief information on the instrument makers, composers, and musicians who have made them famous.
- ISBN10 1770854282
- ISBN13 9781770854284
- Publish Date 11 September 2014
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Firefly Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English