Adventures in Music Australian Broadcasting Commission

Adventures in Music

Australian Broadcasting Commission

A.B.C., 1966, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, staple bound paperback booklet

Good Condition, edge and shelf wear, rubbing, bumping, chipping, small tears and creasing to edges, corners and covers, a little insect damage, previous owners’ inscription to front cover (see photographs)

“Half the joy of listening to an orchestra lies in being on such friendly terms with the different instruments that we can recognise the voice of each as it speaks.  From being a mass of unrecognisable sound, orchestral music then becomes an interesting and often exciting conversation between the various instruments that we have come to know and recognise.  They will speak to us sometimes singly, but more generally in groups.
The object of this book is to introduce listeners each of the instruments in the hope that they will gradually become, not only acquaintances, but familiar friends – Bernard Heinze”