Instrument History

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    • The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939-1945
    • By: Alfred Price
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during WWII, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose....

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    • The German Army 1914-18
    • By: Dennis E. Showalter
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I. Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age....

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    • An American Life
    • By: Tim Brookes
    • Narrated by: Tim Brookes
    • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 365 ratings
    • The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality....

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    • A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument
    • By: David Schoenbaum
    • Narrated by: Mark Ashby
    • Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it....

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    • In Search of the Instrument That Transformed Music
    • By: Paul Kildea
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • In 1838, Frederic Chopin finished what would eventually be recognized as one of the great and revolutionary works of musical Romanticism: his 24 Preludes. Chopin's Piano traces the history of Chopin's 24 Preludes through the instruments on which they were played....

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    • A Social History of the Drum Kit
    • By: Matt Brennan
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social history of the instrument, looks closely at key innovators in the development of the drum kit....

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    • A Journey into the World of Classical Music and its Composers
    • By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the cadence of history and the melody of time in "Harmonies and Histories". This in-depth exploration delves into the captivating world of...

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    • Violins of the Holocaust - Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour
    • By: James A. Grymes
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Music historian James A. Grymes tells the amazing, horrifying, and inspiring story of the violins of the Holocaust, and of Amnon Weinstein, the renowned Israeli violinmaker who has devoted the past twenty years to restoring these instruments in tribute to those who were lost....

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    • By: Moustafa Gadalla
    • Narrated by: Susie Hennessy
    • Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-20
    • Language: English
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    • This audiobook presents the major ancient Egyptian musical instruments, their ranges, and playing techniques. The book consists of five chapters: The Wealth of Instruments, Stringed Instruments, Wind Instruments, Percussion Instruments, and The Musical Performance....

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    • By: Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Cary Hite
    • Length: 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-23
    • Language: English
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    • You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas....

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    • A History of American Musical Instrument Makers
    • By: Susan VanHecke
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
    • Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-13
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Meet the inventors and innovators who defined American music history....

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    • By: Rekha S. Rajan
    • Narrated by: Rekha S. Rajan
    • Length: 6 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-23
    • Language: English
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    • Make music with this hands-on introduction to the four instrument families—drums, horns, strings, and voice—in this series by a world-renown music educator....

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    • By: Artika R. Tyner
    • Narrated by: Artika R. Tyner
    • Length: 4 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-24
    • Language: English
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    • Written by Dr. Artika Tyner, passionate educator and global citizen, Kofi Loves Music is a guide for learning about the history of music and celebrating the beauty of diverse cultures.

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    • By: Heidi Smith Hyde
    • Narrated by: Intuitive
    • Length: 8 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-17
    • Language: English
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    • A boy finds his great grandfather's accordion in the attic and with it the sweet history of klezmer music and the role the old accordion played in Jewish life through the years....

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