Anthony Baines

Anthony Cuthbert Baines (1912–1997) was an English organologist who produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments, and was a founding member of the Galpin Society.

He attended Westminster School and then read for a degree in chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music as a bassoon player, and went on to perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Selected publications

 * Woodwind Instruments and their History (London: Faber & Faber, 1957; reprinted 1962, 1967, 1991)
 * Bagpipes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1960; reprinted 1979, 1995), ISBN 0-902793-10-1
 * Musical Instruments Through the Ages (Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1961; revised edition, London: Faber, 1966), ISBN 0-14-020347-8
 * European and American Musical Instruments (London: B. T. Batsford, 1966; London: Chancellor, 1983)
 * Brass Instruments: Their History and Development (London: Faber, 1976; reprinted New York: Dover, 1993)
 * The Bate Collection of Historical Wind Instruments (Oxford University, Faculty of Music, 1976), ISBN 0907486282
 * The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), ISBN 0193113341