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Music: How It Came to Be What It Is
Hannah Smith
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Description for Music: How It Came to Be What It Is
Paperback. Published in 1898, a concise history of music by an educator and composer, aimed at the enthusiastic amateur. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Hannah Smith (1849–1939) was a composer for children and an educator. In 1903 she published the popular Founders of Music, a series of biographical sketches of composers written for children. Written in 1898, when Wagner had been dead for only fifteen years, this is a concise history of music and instruments, aimed at the enthusiast. Covering broad subjects rather than concentrating on a few composers, Smith discusses not just the development of musical styles but also how musical notation developed, how the ear functions and how musical instruments produce the sounds they do. The tastes of the time are evident, ... Read more
Hannah Smith (1849–1939) was a composer for children and an educator. In 1903 she published the popular Founders of Music, a series of biographical sketches of composers written for children. Written in 1898, when Wagner had been dead for only fifteen years, this is a concise history of music and instruments, aimed at the enthusiast. Covering broad subjects rather than concentrating on a few composers, Smith discusses not just the development of musical styles but also how musical notation developed, how the ear functions and how musical instruments produce the sounds they do. The tastes of the time are evident, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Music
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108038812
SKU
V9781108038812
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