From ancient bagpipes to modern synthesisers, we trace the origins of 25 musical instruments across continents. It explores ...
Starting last month, Vermillion’s own National Music Museum opened an exhibit titled “Of Thee I Sing,” which aims to celebrate the electric history of American music and instruments. On display are a ...
Introduction and methodology -- Musical instruments from Neolithic to Western Zhou -- Drums in Eastern Zhou and Han tombs -- Strings in Eastern Zhou and Han tombs -- Winds in Eastern Zhou and Han -- ...
The Aesthetics of Koto Strings: Materiality and Physical Sensation in Performance -- The Cålåpitå Past the "Dull Edge" of Extinction: A Shaggy Dog Story of Repatriation and Refusal in Bali -- Pines in ...
Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...
Jared Katz is preparing for this month’s ‘Art in Tune’ when certain items in the museum’s extensive instrument collection can be both seen and heard For Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator of musical ...
Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...