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Books on: wood wind instruments

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A Dictionary of Old English Music & Musical Instruments

Book by Jeffrey Pulver; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1923

Subjects:

Music--Dictionaries, Music--England, Musical Instruments--England

Collections: Entire Library

...addition of other instruments until the result...satisfying one musically. Wind music was added...expanded to include wood-wind and brass...BOMBARDE: A wood-wind instrument of conical...also a consort of wind instruments, the Lord Chamberlains...
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Japanese Music and Musical Instruments

Book by William P. Malm; Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1959

Subjects:

Music--Japan--History And Criticism, Musical Instruments--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...of sakaki wood. This wood is from the mountain...because the accompanying instruments are also listed in ancient...are the ropes and the wood. The playing method...and special percussion instruments. The most common addition...accompanied by a variety of instruments. Today court music is...
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Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome

Book by M. J. T. Lewis; Cambridge University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Surveying--Greece--Instruments, Surveying--History, Surveying--Rome--Instruments

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Greeks and Romans achieved extraordinary feats of surveying in building their aqueducts, tunnels and roads and in measuring the circumference of the earth and the heights of mountains. This book, which contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying instruments, including major ...
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The Greeks and Romans achieved extraordinary feats of surveying in building their aqueducts, tunnels and roads and in measuring the circumference of the earth and the heights of mountains. This book, which contains translations of all the ancient texts on surveying instruments, including major sources hitherto untapped, sets out to reconstruct the instruments and to explain how they were used. The subject has never been tackled before in this detail, and a level of technical sophistication emerges which must count as one of the greatest achievements of the ancient world.
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Leonard Wood, a Biography - Vol. 1

Book by Hermann Hagedorn; Harper & Brothers, 1931

Subjects:

Wood, Leonard--1860-1927

Collections: History, Entire Library

...CITY HOSPITAL 1884 . LEONARD WOOD IS SEATED AT THE EXTREME RIGHT...the house.Only the surgical instruments in Woods hands prevented actual...made and without doubt General Wood was morally right." a lighted...ready to sail in on the ill wind. Patients came slowly. Woods...
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A Catalogue of Instruments and Models in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society

Book by Robert P. Multhauf; The American Philosophical Society, 1961

Subjects:

American Philosophical Society, Scientific Apparatus And Instruments--Catalogs

Collections: Entire Library

...Society the transit instruments sic and clock...strips inlaid in the wood. The firm of Dolland...cabinet of optical instruments 58-56 , and a Gunthers...series of meteorological instruments in use today, the thermometer...barometer, hygrometer, wind direction and velocity...

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Journal Articles on: wood wind instruments

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The Soft Case for Soft Energy

Journal article by Jerry Taylor, Peter Vandoren; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 53, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative energy sources--Economic aspects, Fossil fuels--Forecasts, Natural gas--Evaluation, Synthetic fuels--Evaluation, Wind power--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...the authors conclude that diesel fuel, wood and coal are undertaxed relative to their...Commerce, statement by Angus Duncan, American Wind Energy Assoc., 99th Cong., 2d sess., 1985...affecting the prices consumers pay for wind power, see Bradley (1997) pp. 8-10...
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The Use of Human Images in Yoruba Medicines(1)

Journal article by Norma H. Wolff; Ethnology, Vol. 39, 2000

Subjects:

Cunas--Philosophy, Dogons (African people)--Philosophy, Indigenous peoples--Rites and ceremonies, Medicine--History, Occult medicine--History, Wood-carved figurines--Usage, Yoruba (African people)--Medicine

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...stuck in the ground or into a mound of earth, an image of clay or wood with or without a knife and club, an earthenware pot turned upside...reported to have servants (eburu and woroko) who take the form of wind to inflict sickness and madness upon people (Buckley 1985b: 189...
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Cockney Mozart: The Hunt Circle, the King's Theatre, and Don Giovanni

Journal article by Gillen D'Arcy Wood; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 44, 2005

Subjects:

Hunt, Leigh--Criticism and interpretation, Italian drama--Criticism and interpretation, Italian poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...often to contend either against passages and intervals of great difficulty, or against the overpowering effect of the wind instruments." (25) The vocal line was primo inter pares, but the singer could not simply overwhelm the orchestra, especially...
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Following the Many Roads of Recent Tolkien Scholarship

Journal article by Ralph C. Wood; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, 2005

Subjects:

A Hidden Presence: The Catholic Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien (Book), Books--Book reviews, Following Gandalfi Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings (Book), The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in The Lord of the Rings (Book), The Road to Middle - Earth (Book), Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship (Book), Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...murderous Machine. These martial instruments were designed not to kill individual...tree is more than a source of wood. (304...as if he had encountered The Wind and the Willows for the first...enemies while employing Sauronic instruments against them. Yet Rutledge...
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Dynamic Stereotypes of Power: Perceived Change and Stability in Gender Hierarchies

Journal article by Amanda B. Diekman, Wind Goodfriend, Stephanie Goodwin; Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Vol. 50, 2004

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Amanda B. Diekman , Wind Goodfriend , Stephanie...theory (e.g., Eagly, Wood, Diekman, 2000) to...consent, completed the instruments described below, and...1998/04/art4full.pdf. Wood, W., Eagly, A. H...Amanda B. Diekman, (1,3) Wind Goodfriend, (2) and Stephanie...

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Magazine Articles on: wood wind instruments

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An Interview with Ellen Meiksins Wood

Magazine article by Christopher Phelps; Monthly Review, Vol. 51, May 1999

Subjects:

Monthly Review (Periodical)--Officials and employees, Wood, Ellen Meiksins--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...supporters and critics, as being much more narrow than it is. WOOD: I think thats the way you should interpret it. These guys have...come on to the magazine at a moment when there is a shift in the wind so that there is a potential audience out there ready to hear...
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'Big Wind' Blows across Asia

Magazine article by Joan Holden; American Theatre, Vol. 12, September 1995

Subjects:

Drama--International aspects, Theater companies--International aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...participants of The Big-wind, a Collaboration...be thrilled with instruments that can be made...Wong settles on wood, I think, partly...by bicycle. Big Wind is supposed to be...Richards remarkable wood-and-pipe instruments, packed with the...
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A Quintet of Fresh Winds

Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 44, November 1992

Subjects:

Quintets--Evaluation, Wind ensembles--Influence

Collections: Entire Library

...expression. "Theres a big tradition of wind instruments in the region," Granados states...astounding variety of clay, reed and wood flutes, pan pipes from the Andean...unusual recorder-like instrument. Instruments seldom if ever seen in a formal...
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Happy Birthday, Dear Pipe Organ

Magazine article by William F. Rickenbacker; National Review, Vol. 40, March 18, 1988

Subjects:

Bovet, Guy--Performances, Organs (Musical instruments)--History, Organs--History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Religious buildings, St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...firmness of tone. No European wood can stand the climate of our...states; so the lumber for the wind chests was selected in America...and oak. the console is pear wood, providing a pleasing contrast...Madagascar granadilla, a superb wood usually reserved for fine clarinets...
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Green Tags: Making Sense of the REC-Age

Magazine article by Bruce Barcott; World Watch, Vol. 20, July 2007

Subjects:

Air-turbines--Market share, Alternative energy sources--Forecasts and trends, Renewable energy--Forecasts and trends, Renewable natural resources--Forecasts and trends, Renewable natural resources--Market share, Renewable natural resources--Statistics, Renewable resources--Forecasts and trends, Renewable resources--Market share, Renewable resources--Statistics, Wind turbines--Market share

Collections: Entire Library

...generating capacity. RECs remained little-known instruments until 2004, when big companies discovered...thoughts. Are RECs really bringing new wind farms and solar arrays online? Are green...it easy to meet the RPS with abundant wood-product biomass and hydro facilities...

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Newspaper Articles on: wood wind instruments

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MUSIC: Fresh Air from a Mighty 'Wind; CD REVIEWS

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 9, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fine row when they want to, not difficult when the predominant instruments are drums (Tim Giles) and low saxophones (James Allsopp), and...attention-seeking risotto in the pan. Medeski, Scof ield, Martin Wood - Out Louder (Universal) *** Well, I am going to come across...
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If the Ruby Slipper Fits. Answers to Correspondents

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 21, 2005

Subjects:

Gone with the Wind (Motion picture), The Wizard of Oz (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Selznicks Best Picture Oscar for Gone With The Wind, which was bought on June 12, 1999, by...expression pigeon pair relates to the British wood pigeon and the common - but mistaken...harmonica-makers, provided him with miniature instruments to give away as publicity. Having become...
3.

Keen Eye in Handcrafting Violins

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 20, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to make mass-produced instruments, traditional violin makers...better see where the wood needs additional carving...Chrapkiewicz says. "Its really a wind instrument that uses...choosing different types of wood for their instruments. "The violin makers...
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Electric Shock for the Traditional Brass Band

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 10, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...make audiences look again at conventional instruments. Musical director Craig Roberts said...Mick Wilson, David Bedford and Gareth Wood. And Andrew Powells new work Tair Cerdd...plus first performances by a combined wind and brass orchestra of Edward Gregsons...
5.

Pulling out All the Stops Church Bucks Trend, Installs Organ Costing $430,000

Newspaper article by Joseph Ryan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 20, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Methodist Church, more than 500 tin, lead and wood pipes up to 16 feet tall wail, whistle...from the ancient technology of blowing wind through pipes. The digital mix was chosen...pipes, creating the sounds of hundreds of instruments from trumpets to violins. Barrington...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: wood wind instruments

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Flute

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

FLUTE in music, generic term for such wind instruments as the fife , the flageolet , the panpipes , the...keys to cover them. The flute was originally made of wood but is now most often of silver. It is the most brilliant...
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Recorder

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

RECORDER musical wind instrument of the flute family, made of wood, varying in length, and having...interest in older music and instruments in the early 20th cent. Since...recorder is one of the few instruments of artistic importance easily...
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Rock Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of social protest like "Blowin in the Wind," appeared, playing electric guitar and...their songs (e.g., the Beatles "Norwegian Wood," "Eleanor Rigby"). The Byrds arrangement...classic blues themes using the traditional instruments of rock n roll. From 1967 onward, the...

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