Standard history of music : forty-three illustrated story lessons in the development of musical art, adapted for beginners, musical clubs, private teaching, classwork and general reading, including an appendix upon club organization and management, together with a map of musical Europe / by James Francis Cooke.
| Author/creator |
Cooke, James Francis, 1875-1960 author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Theodore Presser Company, [1936] |
| Copyright Notice | ©1936 |
| Description | iii-viii, 321 pages : illustrations, portraits, color map, music ; 20 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Abstract | "This book successfully fulfils its mission to impart a useful knowledge of music history from the earliest known facts, instruments, and composers to the epoch-making living composers and the present eminence of the art in educational, social, orchestral, band, operatic, radio, and motion picture developments. Here is a thoroughly enjoyable story of the romance and lore of music given in a style rivalling a graphic, well-told tale. Over 200 illustrations further vitalize the recital. Gives phonetically the pronunciation of hundreds of names and words of foreign origin... nearly 900 names and well over 100 subjects are indexed..."--Dust jacket. |
| General note | Includes index and folded map of Europe with names of composers printed across their respective country of birth. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cooke, James Francis, 1875-1960. Standard history of music. Philadelphia : Theodore Presser Co., ©1936 |
| LCCN | 36021629 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML161 .C77 1936 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |