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James Blades. Percussion Instruments and their History. Faber & Faber, 1975. New and Revised Edition. 1st edition 1970. Pb. Good condition. No faults but showing its age in fading paper. No markings apart from owner's sig in ink on fep. 193 ph. in b & w . 68 diagrams and sketches within the text. Many examples of musical notation. Foreword by Benjamin Britten. Author's Preface. 6 Appendices. 509 pp Revisions and updatings of the original edition of this classic and surely unsurpassed examination of the percussion instrument. James Blades ( 1901-1999) was famed as a scholar, performer and entertainer but also instrument maker. His lively personality ensured that this work, his magnum opus, is as entertaining as it is informative. As Britten, with whose works Blades was particularly associated, writes in his Foreword ', ... man has experimented with hitting something different in a new way. The result of these experiments are described and catalogued here, and are shown to us in exciting

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