The encyclopedia of music : instruments of the orchestra and the great composers /
Max Wade-Matthews & Wendy Thompson.
- London : Hermes House, 2007
- 512 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
"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.