Musical Instruments of South-East Asia, Images of Asia, 1991, Near Fine hardcover

Taylor, Eric. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991.

English, Near Fine, HC, 12mo, 7 7/8" x 5 3/8", 108 pp. 

ISBN: 0195888944

Hardcover in pictorial paper. 108 pp. Includes 23 full-color and 26 black-and-white images. From the back panel: "'Images of Asia' offers a range of titles covering aspects of life and culture in East Asia. Each book in the series combines an introductory text, written for the non-specialist reader by an authority on the subject, with extensive illustrations both in colour and black-and-white." This volume covers the wide variety of musical instruments found in South-East Asia, putting them in their cultural and historical contexts. Discussions follow any metal, wooden percussion, wind, and string instruments, as well as drums and ensembles.