The History of Musical Instruments

by Max Wade Matthews

An incisive look into the development of musical instruments, beginning with an investigation of the musical traditions of principal ancient civilizations, the text then moves on to more modern types of instruments and their evolution of sound.

Genres: Music

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2001

Reviews

[Kristina Moses · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a big history fan, so I was looking forward to reading about the history of music, but this turned out to be quite boring. Maybe if it was longer and was able to go more in depth it would be better. It pretty much just features a short snippet of facts, such as this artist was known for (blank)...moving on.

[Jbondandrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very informative book about musical instruments. Especially about reeds for certain wind instruments.