Offers advice on the challenges involved in learning to play a musical instrument, including tips from teenage musicians and professional musicians about practicing, performing, and buying equipment.
Traces the development of various musical instruments throughout history, looking at woodwinds, strings, keyboards, and brass and percussion instruments, and includes sidebars, pictures, and suggestions for further reading.
Brief text and illustrations describe a wide variety of musical instruments arranged by family groups and provide historical information on each group.
Translation of a Spanish novel which describes the adventures of a New York City composer who flees the city with his mistress to the jungle of South America where he begins a search for primitive musical instruments and personal fulfillment.
