Musical Instruments and Their Homes (Classic Reprint)

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The first is a complete catalogue of the collection of musical instruments in the possession of Mrs. John Crosby Brown of New York, consisting of a drawing and description of each of the two hundred and sixty-six specimens in that collection. To this catalogue has been added a series of explanatory essays on subjects connected with the music and musical instruments of savage andO riental peoples. The history of European instruments has often been treated by competent authorities. But no comprehensive work on the musical instruments of theE ast and of savage races has yet appeared. Special subjects, indeed, have been treated with great learning and fulness. But such monographs, as a rule, are inaccessible to the general reader. The sections devoted to the musical instruments of different countries in the general histories of music, are of very unequal value ;some going into unnecessary detail, while others are superficial and unsatisfactory. The magnificent work of Hipkins and Gibb, on Musical I nstruments, Rare, Historic, and Unique, devotes only nine of its fifty plates to extra-E uropean countries. The best single volume on the subject in question is still Engel sC atalogue of theM usical Instruments in theS outh Kensington Museum. But this work, while indispensable to the student, is not adapted for general use. In the very nature of the case, the treatment lacks unity, and many of the most important points are passed over without notice.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format o