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Wisconsin Bookwatch, Oct, 2004
Musical Instruments
Darcy Kuronen
MFA Publications
c/o Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Av, Boston, MA 02115
0878466746 $19.95 1-800-338-2665
Strongly recommended, especially for music school and community library Music History Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists, Musical Instruments, author Darcy Kuronen showcases more than one hundred examples of drawn from the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) collection exemplifying musical instruments down through the centuries and across a diversity of cultures both ancient and contemporary. The pieces range from an ancient Greek Trumpet to a modern lap steel guitar, from simple earthenware panpipes to the exotic and sophisticatedly complex Indonesian gamelan. Superbly enhanced with 120 full color illustrations, Musical Instruments provides the reader with a full and comprehensive introduction highlighting the artistry and significance of musical instruments and their impact upon human civilizations.
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