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The story of the incredible orchestra  Cover Image Book Book

The story of the incredible orchestra / Bruce Koscielniak.

Koscielniak, Bruce (Author).

Summary:

Describes the orchestra, the families of instruments of which it is made, and the individual instruments in each family.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395960525 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
Subject: Orchestra
Musical instruments

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch J 784.2 Kos 31681000904755 JNONFIC Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Describes the orchestra, the families of instruments of which it is made, and the individual instruments in each family.
  • Baker & Taylor
    An entertaining history of the orchestra and all of the instruments traces the development and trends of music for the past four hundred years and is filled with tons of fun facts, from the "tooters, strings, and beaters" of the 1600s to the keyboard synthesizers of today.
  • Houghton
    Have you ever seen an orchestra perform? What are all those different instruments and how do they all play just the right note at just the right time? In this fact-filled and entertaining picture book, Bruce Koscielniak gives us a lively look at the history of the orchestra and all the instruments that make up this wonderful gathering of sound. From the "tooter, strings and beaters" of the 1600s to the keyboard synthesizers of today, this playful exploration follows the developments and trends of music and instruments over the past four hundred years.

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