This superior study by a leading authority on woodwind instruments is considered the definitive work on the subject, combining a history of woodwinds with detailed descriptions and photographs of the various instruments in use today. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. Glossary. Appendixes. Includes 34 halftones, 41 line illustrations, 25 musical examples and 16 fingering charts.
- ISBN10 0571086039
- ISBN13 9780571086030
- Publish Date July 1968 (first published 1 February 1963)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English