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The encyclopedia of music : instruments of the orchestra and the great composers / Max Wade-Matthews & Wendy Thompson.

By: Wade-Matthews, Max.
Contributor(s): Thompson, Wendy.
Publisher: London : Hermes House, 2007Description: 512 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781843094364 (pbk.); 1843094363 (pbk.).Subject(s): Composers -- Biography | Musical instruments -- Encyclopedias | Musical instruments -- HistoryDDC classification: 780.3
Contents:
History of music-making and the Orchestra. - Encyclopedia of musical instruments. - Composition through the ages. - Lives and works of the great composers.
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"Features strings, woodwind and brass, percussion and keyboards. Famous composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and many more"--Cover.

Includes index

History of music-making and the Orchestra. - Encyclopedia of musical instruments. - Composition through the ages. - Lives and works of the great composers.