musical instruments (111 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples (illustratore). 1st Edition. COMPREHENSIVE: AUTHORITATIVE: CONCISE: SUPERBLY WRITTEN: A "GODSEND" : AS-NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1986) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, FINE virtually AS-NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, SUPERB AS-NEW striking emerald-teal linen-over-boards cover w/ titles ELEGANTLY gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & ivory cloth banding at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior presenting texts & musical examples w/ exceptional clarity in two-column format * 7.26" x 10.0" x 1.96", 1.92 kg, xxiv+942 (966) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: This classic reference work is simply the best 1-vol. music dictionary available today. Its nearly 6,000 specially-commissioned entries, written by more than 70 top musicologists, are consistently lucid & based on recent scholarship. "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music" contains among its riches superb articles on music of the 20th century, including jazz, rock & mixed media as well as 12-tone, serial & aleatory music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Near East; entries on all the styles & forms in Western art music & descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background. Short entries for quick reference (definitions & identifications) alternate w/ encyclopedia-length articles written by experts in each field. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples enhance the text. Combining authoritative scholarship w/ concise, lively prose, "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music" is the essential guide for musicians, students & everyone who listens to music. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "'The New Harvard Dictionary of Music' is easily the most useful of all musical dictionaries because of its accuracy, concision & ease of reference." - Charles Rosen, author, "The Classical Style" & "The Romantic Generation". / "Drawing on the latest musical research & buttressed by a large group of advisors & readers, Professor Randel has provided concise, accurate, & literate entries pertaining to the entire field of music . . . This is a book one can recommend to professionals, students, & laymen alike. I know that it will immediately assume an honored place on my own reference shelf." -Philip Gossett, Professor of Music, University of Chicago / "Superb . . . It manages to combine the most up-to-date scholarly views & information w/ a clear, readable presentation. The writing style is especially refreshing . . . It is a godsend to have this volume within reach of the reference desk at the New York Public Library." -Susan T. Sommer, Assistant Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library * A NOTE ON SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE wraps, seals & labels this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care to assure secure FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ USPS PRIORTY MAIL available within the United States for a nominal additional fee of $12.00. Due to the weight of this title, USPS REGULATIONS Mandate that we ship it to all international destinations via USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY AIRMAIL. We require payment of a below-cost fee of $72.00 for this lowest-cost service, which reliably assures delivery to most addresses throughout the world within eight business days.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 157 pp. Illustrated with 70 plates in color.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 86 pp. Illustrated. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Second Edition. 88 page center stapled softcover catalog of the museum collection, with 6 figure illustrations and a glossary of terms. Unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Softcover binding. (Unpaged): illustrations. No marks or flaws. Summary: Contains musical instrument illustrations that can be used in a variety of ways with either the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill "Music and You" program or the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill "Share the Music" program.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. With Portraits, Reproductions of Instruments and Musical Examples (illustratore). Reprint. Hinge cracked between pp. 22-23 so that netting shows and there are separations of about an inch at top and bottom of hinge, hinge stretched between pp. 150-151 so that part of netting shows, Music Events newpaper article glued to front pastedown and it has browned the front endpage across from it. Contributions by H.A. Clarke, Mus.Doc.; Arthur Elson, Clarence G. Hamilton, A.M., Edward Burlingame Hill, A.B., Arthur L. Judson, Frederic S. Law, and Preston Ware Orem, Mus.Bac. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. 565 pages.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Quarto. Wrappers 23 pp. Illustrated.

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Small octavo. Wrappers. 52 pp. Facsimile of the edition published in Brussels in 1823.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 148 pages. illustrated. Eric Crozier "'O bygone whirls!' Music in the poetry of Thomas Hardy" / Fausto Razzi "Polyphony of the seconda prattica Performance practice in Italian vocal music of the mannerist era" / Joachim Braun "Musical instruments in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts" / Iain Fenlon and Hugh Keyte "Memorialls of great skill" / Madeau Stewart "The echoing corridoe - field recordings of ethnic music" / John F Hanchet "Adjustment and control of double reed for direct blown early instruments".

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers. 315 pp. In The New Grove Musical Instruments series. Slightly worn.

Trade paperback. v, 79 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners shelf wear. SC 193 Very good. Signed by previous owner.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 36 pages. Wonderful wartime period advertisements. Articles include: "Notes on Musical Criticism" by Leslie Orrey / "Music in the Next World" by Patrick W Dougherty / "Instruments of the Great Masters" by E W Gallagher. (M15).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Quarto. Illustrated boards and endpapers. Descriptions of 25 historical instruments, each with illustrative plate in color on facing page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 157 pp. Illustrated with 70 plates in color.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 10.94x8.46x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 120 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Quarto. Illustrated wrappers. 147 pp. With numerous illustrations.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Binding: Unknown ISBN:0151448922. Very Good. in J Very Good dj. dj in mylar unclipped; 815 pages. stamped not for sale. F First US Edition. Binding is H Hard Cover. 8 vo.

Condizione: Very Good. (VHS Video Cassette) -- VG -- Box and tape shows only slihtest of shelf wear.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good Hamlyn 1970 hardcover Book is clean and tight Dust jacket shows minor wear A nice copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.34 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.34 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.34 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 150 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.34 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint edition. Green boards very good. A few pages on the fore edge got wrinkled. Very clean. See photos.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Quarto. Full black cloth with titling silver to upper and spine. 256 pp. Profusely illustrated, many in color. From the library of musicologist and critic Edward O.D. Downes, with his signature and small label to front pastedown. Dustjacket slightly worn; edges and endpapers slightly foxed. Minor browning.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Quarto. Full mid-brown illustrated cloth with titling to spine. x, 174 pp. + 56 full-page plates illustrating 824 instruments and occasional musical examples and illustrations in text. Edges very slightly spotted.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo. Full light brown cloth with titling gilt to spine. xv, 277 pp. With occasional illustrations and musical examples in text and 24 full-page illustrative plates. Dustjacket worn; endpapers slightly stained, with small date to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Small octavo. Dark ivory illustrated cloth with titling to spine patterned endpapers. 326 pp. + 1 folding plate. With occasional illustrations in text. From the library of American musicologist and violinist Alfred Mell, with his signature and date to front free endpaper. Binding slightly worn and soiled.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Small quarto. Publisher's maroon cloth with decorative blindstamping. xxvii, 323 pp. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; minor fraying to head of spine; rear free endpaper creased. Light uniform browning. From the collection of American musicologist and violinist Albert Mell, with his signature to upper blank corner of front free endpaper.