The new Langwill index: A dictionary of musical wind-instrument makers and inventors

Waterhouse, William

ISBN 10: 0946113041 / ISBN 13: 9780946113040

Edité par T. Bingham, 1993

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• Titre: The new Langwill index: A dictionary of musical wind-instrument makers and inventors
• Éditeur: T. Bingham
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0946113041
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780946113040
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Acceptable

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Edition; First edition. Physical description; xxxvii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Revised edition of: Index of musical wind-instrument makers / Lyndesay G. Langwill. 6th ed., 1980. Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-518) and indexes. Previous ed. [i.e. 6th]: published as An index of musical wind-instrument makers / by Lyndesay G. Langwill. - Edinburgh : L.G. Langwill, 1980. Summary; This book is an entirely new work rather than a revision of Lyndsay Langwill's sixth edition. It is the standard work in its field, the most comprehensive work on wind instrument makers in any language and a major reference tool for collectors and researchers. Some features of the New Langwill Index are: Entries for nearly 6500 makers and inventors, active from the beginning until the middle of the 20th century; Nearly 400 representations of maker's marks; An index of makers under workplace, listing over 1000 localities; A comprehensive bibliography of over 600 titles. Subjects; Wind instrument makers - Dictionaries. Wind instrument makers - Biography. Dictionaries. Inventors. Manufacturing. Wind instruments - Making - History. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Dictionary. Illustrated. Index.