Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
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Musical instruments that nearly disappeared from history
Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...
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Exploring the Chinese zither and erhu, ‘2-stringed barbarian instrument’ a bit like violin
Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...
Do you know which musical instrument is known as the 'Queen'? Learn about its 16th-century Italian origins, how it boosts brain power, and why it leads the orchestra.
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