Orchestral Instruments and Their Use (Classic Reprint): Giving a Description of Each: Giving a Description of Each (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda
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Orchestral Instruments and Their Use reveals how musical sound is made and how composers use instruments to shape mood and color. This volume surveys the history, construction, and practical use of wind, brass, string, and percussion voices across cultures and centuries.
The book guides you through the origins of instruments, from primitive flutes to complex modern sections. It connects physical sound production to orchestral practice, showing how materials, design, and technique affect tone. You’ll encounter examples and anecdotes from famous composers to illustrate taste, humor, and expressive range in orchestral writing.
- Learn how sounds are produced: vibration of strings, columns of air, and percussion against skins or solids.
- Explore instrument families, their key varieties, and how they’re used in classical works.
- See historical context and cross-cultural influences that shaped orchestral color.
- Find practical insights into playing, tuning, and interpreting major instruments like the flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, and more.
Ideal for students, musicians, and anyone curious about how the orchestra creates its distinct soundscape.
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Of reed or wood, flat bits of metal, the vocal cords in the human throat, or the lips Of a per former pressed against the mouthpiec'e Of an instrument. The solid or hollow bodies that Vibrate under blows (instruments of percussion, they are called) may consist of almost any sub stance, - stretched skins or parchment, wood, stone, various kinds of metals, - and may have almost any shape.
According to the records, the most ancient instrument is the flute, or whistle based upon the flute principle. A rudely fashioned bone Of an Irish elk, found near Desmond Castle, a whistle of reindeer bone discovered among troglodyte relics in the Dordogne valley, a bone pierced with several holes that was unearthed with old flint implements at Gourdan, and a stag - horn flute found near Poitiers, show us that if the cave-dwellers were not provided with orchestras, they at least possessed solo instruments. Of a later date than the stone age are the bronze tubes found in Belgium and Schleswig. But the most wonderful examples of this period are the old Egyptian flutes, which give a complete diatonic scale.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Whatever origin may be assigned to music, - whether imitation of bird-calls, differences in cries of attack and defence, or a natural expression of the feelings, - there can be no doubt that musical instruments in their primitive forms were derived directly from nature. According to the definition of Fetis, music is simply the art of moving the emotions by combinations of sounds, and while these combinations are the result of human efforts, the methods of producing single tones were plainly suggested by the inanimate world.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book gives an overview of instruments used by civilized nations before 1902, their history, technical principles, and function within the modern orchestra. From primitive bone flutes and Egyptian utes to the evolution of the violin family and the development of harmonics, the author traces the growth of instruments and the role they have played in shaping the music we hear today. The author explores the interplay between musical traditions, scientific innovation, and the search for new sounds, demonstrating how instruments reflect the broader cultural and technological advancements of their time. By examining the origins and evolution of various instruments, this book sheds light on the dynamic relationship between music and human ingenuity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330325872_0
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