Musical Instruments (Classic Reprint): With Numerous Woodcuts: With Numerous Woodcuts (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Explore a richly illustrated survey of global musical instruments and their histories.

This edition presents a wide-ranging look at how different cultures created and used instruments, with lots of woodcut illustrations to bring the objects to life. It moves from ancient to more recent designs, showing how form, materials, and decoration reflect each tradition’s musical practices and daily life.

Readers will encounter percussion, wind, and string instruments from many regions, and see how ornament, regional technique, and cultural meaning shape what counts as a musical instrument in different worlds.

• Discover instruments from ancient Egypt, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, shown with detailed illustrations.


• Learn how materials like wood, bone, pottery, and metal influence sound and appearance.


• See the range of instrument types, from drums and flutes to lutes, harps, and keyboards.


• Understand how decoration and form reflect cultural contexts and uses in music.

Ideal for readers interested in the history of music, ethnography, and visual documentation of musical culture.

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