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Stanley, Albert Augustus

 
9781165345717: Catalogue Of The Stearns Collection Of Musical Instruments (1918)
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ISBN 10: 1165345714 ISBN 13: 9781165345717
Editorial: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Sinopsis

Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments is a book written by Albert Augustus Stanley and first published in 1918. The book is a comprehensive catalog of the musical instruments collected by Frederick Stearns, a prominent businessman and philanthropist from Detroit, Michigan. The collection includes over 2,500 instruments from around the world, ranging from ancient Egyptian harps to modern European pianos. The book is divided into sections based on the type of instrument, including strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard instruments. Each section includes detailed descriptions and photographs of the instruments, as well as information about their history, construction, and use. The author, Albert Augustus Stanley, was a renowned musicologist and conductor who served as the director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He was a close friend of Frederick Stearns and played a key role in the development of the collection. Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of music and musical instruments. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the diversity and richness of musical traditions from around the world, and offers insights into the technological and cultural developments that have shaped musical expression over time.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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This Catalogue is neither a treatise on the phenomena of sound, nora disquisition on the origin and evolution of musical instruments. It is obvious, however, that the scientific principles on which the various processes of tone-production are based must be stated; it is equally evident that some theory as to the priority of type must be accepted as a starting point in the evolution of instruments, and, also, that no classification is possible that does not rest on a definite evolutionary sequence. Therefore, the ultimate foundation for the facts noted in these pages must rest on those phases of the subject the full exploitation of which is specifically disavowed as its end. In the attempt to make this publication of real assistance to those who wish to view the Collection intelligently, particular stress is laid on the musical possibilities of specific groups, not neglecting to bring to notice the frequently strongly marked individual note of single representatives of these families. A gain, those instances in which humanity makes the appeal are accentuated. Possibly a realization of all the personal and communal implications inhering in the uses of certain instruments may give even to those who look upon a collection as furnishing the means for satiating curiosity while killing time, worthier and more inspiring points of view. That the restrictions of space forbid an extended consideration of these implications is regretted, but it is hoped that the limited references to them will encourage further investigation. Great collections are, in the main, reflections of the personality and individual bias of their founders. Historical or personal associations; decorative beauty and grace of form; a penchant for a certain class of instruments may be guiding factors in selection. Collections thus influenced reveal personality, and frequently are of greater interest
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Editorial
Kessinger Publishing
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
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ISBN 10 
1165345714
ISBN 13 
9781165345717
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Número de páginas
364
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