This book contains accounts of over forty of the most famous and romantic train journeys in the West. It is a book to inspire and delight the rail enthusiast and armchair traveler alike...more details Format:Paperback
This volume includes current journeys as well as historical accounts of routes that are no longer possible. Divided into two sections - "Great Journeys of the West" and "Great Journeys of the East" - the journeys are arranged geographically from North America to the South Pacific....more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
This volume encounters 49 routes experienced firsthand. There are long, short, old and new routes, some famous and some less travelled. Many have been preserved due to their important historical links or fantastic scenery...more details Format:Paperback
The wonders of the locomotive and the scenery of classic railway journeys are combined in this book, from a 3200km trip between Chicago and Oakland in North America...more details Format:Hardback
This comprehensive reference investigates the principal ancient civilizations with regard to key developments and musical traditions. The text focuses on different methods of music-making...more details Format:Paperback
An illustrated guide to instruments and their history, with specially commissioned photographs of all the instruments of theorchestra....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:264
Each family of instruments is discussed in detail: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion and keyboards, as well as a section on the voice. All the modern orchestral instruments and their relatives are covered...more details Format:Hardback Pages:512
Spanning the musical world from the Middle Ages to the present, this authoritative guide features a history of music-making and the orchestra...more details Format:Paperback Pages:512
This comprehensive encyclopedia gives an overview of the way music has developed, beginning with ancient civilizations through to the present day. The book then provides an illustrated guide to the fascinating lives of the great composers - the places where they lived and worked...more details Format:Paperback Pages:512
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Max Wade-Matthews
ISBN:9781843094364
A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion and keyboards...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:512
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Max Wade-Matthews
ISBN:9781844767533
This book poses the questions ?What is music and ?What is a musical instrument Each of the principal ancient civilizations is investigated, with information about key developments and traditions...more details Format:Paperback Pages:96
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Max Wade-Matthews
ISBN:9780754819783
Beautifully illustrated with over 650 full-colour photographs, this volume covers a wide range of instruments and their historical relatives as well as providing a complete history of music-making and the orchestra...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:264
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Max Wade-Matthews
ISBN:9780754805700
A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and voice as well as historical rare and non WEstern instruments....more details Format:Hardback
This illustrated guide is organized according to families or groups of instruments: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion and keyboards, as well as a shorter section on the voice. Each 'family' is introduced...more details Format:Paperback