Music: The Illustrated Guide to Music Around the World from Its Origins to the Present Day
- ISBN-10
- 0792455150
- ISBN-13
- 9780792455158
- Series
- Music
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Bdd Promotional Book Company
- Author
- Alan Blackwood
Description
Surveys music throughout the ages, including musical instruments, the development of classical music, jazz, folk music, Eastern music, opera, pop music, and the mechanics of broadcasting and recording
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