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Three Hundred Years of Composers´ Instruments: The Cobbe Collection
Alec Cobbe
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Description for Three Hundred Years of Composers´ Instruments: The Cobbe Collection
Hardback. A lavishly-illustrated and meticulously-documented catalogue of the Cobbe Collection, which includes over forty keyboard instruments around half of which were owned and played by composers such as Purcell, Mahler, Chopin and Elgar. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1118.
A lavishly-illustrated and meticulously-documented catalogue of the Cobbe Collection, which includes over forty keyboard instruments around half of which were owned and played by composers such as Purcell, Mahler, Chopin and Elgar. The keyboard repertoire comprises one third of the whole of Western music. The very instruments chosen by composers themselves form the heart of the Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands. The eighteen owned or played by Purcell, JohannChristian Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler and Elgar, to name a few, are the largest group assembled anywhere of these tangible and audible relics connecting with the musical minds of ... Read more
A lavishly-illustrated and meticulously-documented catalogue of the Cobbe Collection, which includes over forty keyboard instruments around half of which were owned and played by composers such as Purcell, Mahler, Chopin and Elgar. The keyboard repertoire comprises one third of the whole of Western music. The very instruments chosen by composers themselves form the heart of the Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands. The eighteen owned or played by Purcell, JohannChristian Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler and Elgar, to name a few, are the largest group assembled anywhere of these tangible and audible relics connecting with the musical minds of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1118g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839576
SKU
V9781843839576
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99-20
Reviews for Three Hundred Years of Composers´ Instruments: The Cobbe Collection
[This] volume is remarkably well-prepared and written, offers a wide and interesting variety of stories and instruments, and is one of the most enjoyable readings in the area of musical instrument collection catalogues.
BRIO
Organologists and amateur music enthusiasts alike can benefit from this volume [and] its specific information on individual instruments and its clear explanations of technical ... Read more
BRIO
Organologists and amateur music enthusiasts alike can benefit from this volume [and] its specific information on individual instruments and its clear explanations of technical ... Read more