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    The Instruments of the Orchestra
    The Instruments of the Orchestra
    The Instruments of the Orchestra
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Instruments of the Orchestra

    Written by Jeremy Siepmann

    Narrated by Jeremy Siepmann

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    About this audiobook

    Instruments of the orchestra, yes, but not just instruments in the orchestra. This is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk, solo, operatic, cinematic, even jazz and avant-garde music) and in pieces from the Middle Ages to the present. Joining regular members are such exotic visitors as the eerie ondes martenot, the wind machine, banjos, bagpipes, coconuts, typewriters, six-shooters, taxi horns, and migrating swans ? and the hundreds of examples range from illustrative snippets to entire movements. The first portion is devoted entirely to the violin, and the last to the greatest instrument at all, the orchestra itself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateOct 1, 2002
    ISBN9781843797364
    The Instruments of the Orchestra

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    • 5/5
      Absolutely delightful and highly informative listening experience! Beautifully narrated and replete with musical examples. I would recommend this highly to any music lover.
    • 4/5
      Great musical selections. More than half the book is music. Some parts plod through a bit with too many small examples. eg all the various uncommon percussion instruments.
    • 5/5
      Excelente recorrido por los instrumentos de la orquesta y luego como se van integrando.
    • 4/5
      OK, again, so not technically a book, but I am loving the Jeremy Siepmann music history lessons available on Hoopla. If you ever wanted to take a Music Appreciation class, you can save some money and listen to this instead. Siepmann covers traditional orchestral instruments and includes some "oddities" that have found their way into symphonic music. Of course, he can't cover everything, and his assessment as to the value of certain composers/compositions/instruments is at times quite stodgy (read: stereotypical old English dude), but overall these works are an absolute delight.