Horns and Trumpets of the World: An Illustrated Guide

by Jeremy Montagu

Humanity has blown horns and trumpets of various makes and models, lengths and diameters since prehistoric times. In Horns and Trumpets of the World, the eminent scholar Jeremy Montagu surveys the vast range in time and type of this instrument that has accompanied everything in human history from the war cry to the formal symphony, from the hunting call to the modern jazz performance. No work on this topic offers as much detail or so many illustrations--over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810888815
• ISBN13: 9780810888814
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.1"