A source book of antiques and jewelry designs, containing over 3800 engravings of Victorian Americana, including jewelry, silverware, clocks, cutlery, glassware, musical instruments, etc., etc., etc., by Hornung, Clarence Pearson

Music and instruments of the Elizabethan age : the Eglantine Table /

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; Introducing the Eglantine Table; The Table: models and artistic context; Botany, the Table and Hardwick New Hall; The playing cards and gaming boards; The writing implements; The music in staff notation; The book of lute tablature; 'A full and lively pourtraiture': The Table as evidence for Tudor musical instruments; The bowed instruments and bows; The gittern or guitar; The cittern; The lute; The harp; The wind instruments; The Table and the music of the 1560s; Pipers, Fiddlers and the Musical Lives of the Majority; Tables of the Mind; Appendix 1: The renovation of the Eglantine Table by Tankerdale Ltd, 1996; Appendix 2: The Table in the context of furnishings in Bess of Hardwick's houses; Glossary; List of Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index…”
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Great road style : the decorative arts legacy of southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee / by White, Betsy K., 1947-

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Structures of feeling in seventeenth-century cultural expression /

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Cubism : the Leonard A. Lauder Collection /

Table of Contents: “…Georges Braque's musical instruments /…”

Malay arts and crafts / by Sheppard, Mubin, 1905-1994

Table of Contents: “…Regalia -- Palaces and wood carving -- Musical instruments -- Ma'yong -the Malay dance drama -- The Malay shadow play -- Dancing -- Weddings -- Dress -- Weapons -- Silat -the caremonial leaf -- Kites and kite flying -- Spinning tops and top spinning -- Decorative art and the spirit world.…”
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Malay arts and crafts / by Sheppard, Mubin, 1905-1994

Table of Contents: “…Regalia -- Palaces and wood carving -- Musical instruments -- Ma'yong -the Malay dance drama -- The Malay shadow play -- Dancing -- Weddings -- Dress -- Weapons -- Silat -the caremonial leaf -- Kites and kite flying -- Spinning tops and top spinning -- Decorative art and the spirit world.…”
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Music Its Language, History, and Culture by Cohen, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Chapter 1: Elements of Sound and Music -- Chapter 2: Musical Instruments and Ensembles -- Chapter 3: Composer, Performer, Audience -- Chapter 4: European Art Music: Middle Ages through Romantic -- Chapter 5: European and American Art Music since 1900 -- Chapter 6: American Vernacular Music -- Chapter 7: Jazz -- Chapter 8: World Music -- Appendix 1: Musician Biographies -- Appendix 2: Glossary…”
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African arts & cultures / by Chanda, Jacqueline

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Understanding African art -- Environment & people -- Art for life: Fertility -- Virility -- Art for personal power -- Divination -- Symbolic statues -- Art for Nature & society: Farming -- Social well-being -- Rites of passage: Initiation rites -- Boys' initiations -- Girls' initiations -- Death & the afterlife -- Court art: Thrones -- Portraits -- Royal adornment -- Musical instruments -- Special places: Sacred buildings -- Fabric of life: Printed & dyed cloth -- Embroidered & appliqué designs -- Art & commerce: Pottery -- Basketry -- Gold -- Tourist art -- African art today: Sculpture -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Resources: Periodicals & video -- Where to see African art -- Index.…”

Historical textiles and their characterization / by Rezić, Iva

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Still-life as portrait in early modern Italy : Baschenis, Bettera, and the painting of cultural identity / by Lev-er, Ornat

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Understanding Basic Music Theory by Schmidt-Jones, Catherine

Table of Contents: “…1 Notation -- 1.1 Pitch -- 1.2 Time -- 1.3 Style -- 2 Definitions -- 2.1 Rhythm -- 2.2 Timbre -- 2.3 Melody -- 2.4 Texture -- 2.5 Harmony -- 2.6 Counterpoint -- 2.7 Range -- 2.8 Classifying Music -- 3 The Physical Basis -- 3.1 Acoustics for Music Theory -- 3.2 Standing Waves and Musical Instruments -- 3.3 Harmonic Series I: Timbre and Octaves Solutions -- 4 Notes and Scales -- 4.1 Octaves and the Major-Minor Tonal System -- 4.2 Half Steps and Whole Steps -- 4.3 Major Keys and Scales -- 4.4 Minor Keys and Scales -- 4.5 Interval -- 4.6 Harmonic Series II: Harmonics, Intervals, and Instruments -- 4.7 The Circle of Fifths -- 4.8 Scales that aren't Major or Minor -- 5 Harmony and Form -- 5.1 Triads -- 5.2 Naming Triads -- 5.3 Consonance and Dissonance -- 5.4 Beyond Triads: Naming Other Chords -- 5.5 Beginning Harmonic Analysis -- 5.6 Cadence -- 5.7 Form -- 6 Challenges -- 6.1 Ear Training -- 6.2 Tuning Systems -- 6.3 Modes and Ragas -- 6.4 Transposition: Changing Keys…”
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Still-life as portrait in early modern Italy : Baschenis, Bettera and the painting of cultural identity / by Lev-er, Ornat

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Kentucky by design : the decorative arts and American culture /

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Kimono design : an introduction to textiles and patterns / by Nitanai, Keiko, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Bush CloverLilies; Summer Insects; Pinks; Stripes for Summer; Flower Rafts; Bridges; Irises; Asian Clematis; Weeping Willow; Waves; Hydrangeas; Rings of Water; Fish; Genjiko; Round Fans; Foreign Flowers; Waterwheels; Dressing in "Coolness"; Clothing in Ukiyo-e Prints; Enjoying Obi-dome; Autumn; Rangiku; Hand Drums; Stripes for Autumn; Maple Leaves; Sarasa; Art Deco; Fans; Autumn Scenery; Expressionism; Birds of Autumn; Stories; Musical Instruments; Red Maple Leaf Viewing Parties; Early European Ships; Swans; Exotic Scenery; Wheel of Genji; Scales Crest; Fruit and Nuts; Gourds; Leaves.…”
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Design history beyond the canon /

Table of Contents: “…Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Notes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Users/Consumers; Intermediaries; Designers; Thematic re-readings; Creating histories of design; Notes; Section 1 Users/Consumers; Kul'ttovary : Bringing culture into the Soviet home; Creating the "cultured man"; Kul'ttovary and "design" in the Soviet Union; Radios; Record players; Photography; Musical instruments; Sports equipment; Toys; School supplies; The end(s) of kul'ttovary; Notes; Diversionary tactics at work: Making meaning through misuse…”
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