David Munrow Libri

Away from their native Scotland for seventeen years, James and Elizabeth Carsell-Brown have enjoyed their time living in New York, James working in a Wall Street firm and Elizabeth putting her artwork up for sale in a local retailer, including a very special painting of her previous coachman in Scotland who had in fact saved her life many years ago. However, it is 1929 and the economy is taking a turn for the worse. With life changing events and depression taking hold of many businesses and families, people are becoming desperate and willing to take extreme action. With robberies and murders turning into an almost daily occurrence, James's and Elizabeth's lives become in danger. James has many lucky escapes and it seems that he has a guardian angel saving him from threat at exactly the right time. Sadly, James's luck runs out, leaving Elizabeth bereft and alone in the big city. Elizabeth decides to take a chance, leaving New York to return to her native Scotland, and it seems that she has some unfinished business.

Die englische Originalausgabe dieses Kompendiums historischer Musikinstrumente erschien 1976 im Verlag der Oxford University Press, London. Der Verfasser, als Interpret alter Musik international bekannt geworden, hatte sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, dem großen Kreis der Freunde alter Musik und früher Musikinstrumente die mühevolle Suche nach weit verstreutem Quellenmaterial zu ersparen und damit schnelle und zuverlässige Information zu ermöglichen, nicht nur über die Instrumente selbst, sondern auch über deren kulturelle Herkunft, Wandlung und geschichtlichen Verbleib. Die deutsche Übersetzung bietet einen auf offensichtliche Irrtümer und Missverständnisse hin durchgesehenen Text mit historischen Zitaten in der jeweiligen Originalsprache und das (nahezu) vollständige Bildmaterial der Originalausgabe.