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Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments

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Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments

SKU: 9781913519353 Category: Product ID: 423758

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Title: Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments
Author: DICKMANN NANCY
Illustrator: DOWNING SUE
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 03/05/2022
Imprint: WELBECK
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active

A visual celebration of the huge variety of instruments played across the world. Grouped into percussion instruments, wind, and string, as well as the weird and wonderful that defy categorization, readers will discover how they are all related to each other in ‘families’, and enjoy exploring the musical family tree as a foldout poster.

How on Earth do you play a bass that’s 3.5 metres tall? How can you play a theremin without touching it? Can you turn a cave’s stalactites into an organ? (Spoiler alert: yes, you can!)

Including a stunning central gatefold that opens out to reveal the family tree of musical instruments, this book is a visual celebration of the huge variety of instruments played across the world, from those you know to those you almost certainly don’t. Grouped into percussion instruments, wind, and string, as well as the weird and wonderful that defy categorization, readers will discover how they are all related to each other in ‘families’, and enjoy exploring the musical family tree as a fold-out poster.

Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments covers traditional instruments from various cultures, such as the gamelan and mbira, as well as the creations of modern artists and musicians, such as the Wintergatan Marble Machine and the eerie-sounding yaybahar. Readers will even discover a band that plays exclusively on instruments fashioned from fresh vegetables, and makes the offcuts into soup to serve to the audience!

ISBN: 9781913519353
Dimension: 280mm X 230mm
Pages: 72

Additional information

Dimensions 280 × 230 mm