Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. New and Revised Edition. Cover laminated.; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 509 pages. Seller Inventory # 098807
Seller: Untje.com, Roeselare, Belgium
Paperback. Condition: Fair. 2. Discolouration. Deuk op hoek; ezelsoortje aan voorkaft. English This authoritative study offers a comprehensive history of percussion instruments from ancient times to the modern era. Blades examines the origins, construction, playing techniques and cultural significance of drums, idiophones, and other rhythm-making instruments across civilisations. The book discusses their evolution within Western music and their role in orchestral, military and folk traditions, combining detailed organological research with historical and musical analysis. Seller Inventory # 10176333
Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. James Blades OBE (1901 a? 1999) was an English percussionist. He was one of the most distinguished percussionists in Western music, with a long and varied career. This book is a standard reference work on percussion instruments and their history. It explores the origins of percussion through the development of the early drums and xylophones right up to the wide range of modern instruments and the sounds they make. Each chapter has its own photographs, illustrations and bibliography and there are comprehensive indices referencing all the composers and works discussed. The cover of the book has some marks and page edges have greyed. Copyright A,Aİ Faber and Faber. Seller Inventory # 452448
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Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Acceptable. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Cover and corners has some wear. Ex library copy with wear. Usable copy. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Everyone knows that James Blades is one of our great percussionists. He plays all the various instruments with accuracy and an infectious sense of rhythm, and his timpani playing is noted for its impeccable intonation and beautiful tone. I have been a lucky composer because, under my direction, he has played in ten of my operas, and also in those two difficult percussive nuts to crack the Nocturne and Cello Symphony. Not so many know that Blades is a brilliant and resourceful craftsman, experi-menting with skill and ingenuity in the making and assembling of many of the instruments he plays, and in the creation of new ones. Some of the instruments he has made for me often from the slenderest hints - are described in Chaptensa6. All his colleagues, and I am proud to consider myself as one, know what a generous friend Jimmy Blades is; how he will help an inexperienced player; how he will hurry to this or that school to advise the young in their percussion problems, or turn up at a recording session to gi. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM531-AC-11557
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 509 p. : plates, ill., music ; 25 cm. Subjects; Percussion instruments History. Musical history. Music; history. Instruments; musical. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 338918
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1400grams, ISBN:057110360X. Seller Inventory # 2328307
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 509 p. : plates, ill., music ; 25 cm. Subjects; Percussion instruments History. Musical history. Music; history. Instruments; musical. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 338918