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The Orchestral Instruments and What They Do: A Primer for Concert Goers
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The Orchestral Instruments and What They Do: A Primer for Concert Goers

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  1. The object of this little book is to assist the concert-goer in recognizing the various orchestral instruments, both by sight and by hearing, and to stimulate his perception of the thousand and one beauties of orchestral coloring. As a help to the eye, the descriptions of the appearance of the instruments are supplemented by pictures; in order to help recognition by ear, the divers registers of instruments are discussed with some particularity; while it is hoped that the many figures showing excerpts from standard works will sharpen the reader’s attentiveness to delicate shades of tonal effect.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
1 March 2005
Pages
160
ISBN
9781432602802
  1. The object of this little book is to assist the concert-goer in recognizing the various orchestral instruments, both by sight and by hearing, and to stimulate his perception of the thousand and one beauties of orchestral coloring. As a help to the eye, the descriptions of the appearance of the instruments are supplemented by pictures; in order to help recognition by ear, the divers registers of instruments are discussed with some particularity; while it is hoped that the many figures showing excerpts from standard works will sharpen the reader’s attentiveness to delicate shades of tonal effect.
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
1 March 2005
Pages
160
ISBN
9781432602802