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An Album of Five 12" LP Records
Demonstrating 33 Instruments
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A Lecfure-Demonsfration with
300 Examples Selected from
24 Great Composers
Playing time 4V2 hours-
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The Artists
Wheeler Beckett, Conductor-Commentator
Assisted by
Violin......... John Corig liano, Concertmaster*
Viola .......................Leonard
Violoncello ...................
Double Bass ...............
Flute .......................
Oboe .......................Albert
English Horn ....................Leon
Clarinet ..................Robert
E-flat Clarinet .............
Bass Clarinet .................
Bassoon .....................Manuel
Contra-Bassoon ..........Constantine
French Horn .................Joseph
Trumpet ...............
Bass Trumpet ..............
Trombone .............
Tuba .......................Vincenzo
Timpani ....................Saul
Percussion .............Walter
Piano and Celesta ...........Leonid
Harp ........................Edward
* First Chair New York Philharmonic-Symphony
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Mancini. (Northridge, California:
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