„MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS“

- the author was prof. PhDr. Pavel Kurfürst, CSc. (1940-2004) professor of the Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk's University in Brno; he is regarded internationally as a top-ranking specialist in his field

- the book of his is an extensive original work which makes good use of his many years of scientific investigation

- the book was awarded a prize of the rector of the Masaryk University in Brno

- there has been no other publication of such complexity and range for several decades; it is in the world of organological and music iconological literature without parallel

- the book comprises - among others - the following picture materials:
fragments from the musical instruments systematics by Gioseffo Zarlino: „Sopplementi musicali“ (Venezia 1588)
- a selection from Sebastian Virdung's work: „Musica getutscht“ (Basel 1511)
- a collection of 13 iconographical maps by Julius Rühlmann from 1882 (a unique object in European scale) published for the very first time
- 16 illustrations from Michael Praetorius's work: „Syntagma Musicum - De Organographia“ (Wolfenbüttel 1690)

- the author lectured organology, ethnoorganology, ethnomusicology, musical acoustics, musical instruments building, sound theory, organological iconology

- complete table of contents of the book (9 pages)

- index of all used pictures (17 pages)

- (19 pages)

- (13 pages)

- summary in English (1 page)

- summary in German (1 page)

© TOGGA Publishing House Ltd., Prague, 2004