9780901486714 - Eighteenth Century Musical Instruments: France and Britain (9 risultati)

xxvi, 225p., b/w and colored illus., original stiff printed wrappers, quarto format.

Condizione: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. First Edition. Text in English & French. Spine faded and creased; otherwise a clean, tidy copy with mostly B & W and some colour illustrations.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Some indentations on front wrapper and first few pages. Heavy/oversize item - additional shipping charges may be required depending on speed/destination requested. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some light tanning due to age. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> In the field of music, as in all others, it is no easy task to define in a few words the characteristics of a century. This period of a hundred years, arbitrarily delimited, is much too long to present a uniform aspect; we must presuppose changes and development. In the eighteenth century, more perhaps than in any other, life was lived with eager intensity and passion; but there was also a certain uneasiness derived from deep contradictions. Without rejecting traditions of balance and harmony of recognized value, the century felt new needs for liberty and expression. Curbed for so long, their emergence would be marked by mounting imperiousness and audacity. Such a break is not accomplished without sharp conflict. The French Revolution comes to one's mind. However, at the beginning of the century the old king Louis XIV had passed away after a long reign which had closed in a mood of austerity. From the time of the Regency there developed in reaction a spirit dedicated to the unrestrained pursuit of the pleasur.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. SOFTCOVER 1973. Over 1KG. xxvi+225 pages. 27.5x22cm. A LITTLE WATER DAMAGE. PAGES FLOW FREELY. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner, securely boxed in cardboard. ref 356/26.

Illustrierter Orig.-Karton. Condizione: Gut. 28 x 22 cm. XXVI, 225 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. ISBN 090148671X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

22.1cm x 27.6cm. XXVI, 225 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Important publication ! Includes for example the following chapters: Keyboard Instruments / Violin Family / Viol Family / Instruments with Sympathetic Strings / Bows / Hurdy Gurdies / Plucked Stringed Instruments / Struck Stringed Instruments / "Common Flutes" (Recorders) / Transverse Flutes / Reed Instruments / Bagpipes / Cornett and Serpent / Horns / Mechanical Instruments / Percussion Instruments / Varia etc. Sprache: english.

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. RO80277589: 1973. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XXVI + 225 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - texte en français et en anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 784-Les instruments et leur musique.

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. R320162887: 1973. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 26 + 225 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - catalogue en français et en anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 708-Galeries, musées, collections d'art.