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2 days ago · New woodwind instruments were added, such as the contrabassoon, bass clarinet and piccolo and new percussion instruments were added, including xylophones, snare drums, celestas (a bell-like keyboard instrument), bells, and triangles, large orchestral harps, and even wind machines for sound effects.
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2 days ago · Here’s a brief history of musical ensembles: Ancient Times (before 4th century CE) Ancient music was recorded in Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Persian, Mesopotamian, and Middle Eastern societies. African music was first recorded by Egyptian musicians in the 3rd millennium BC. The Egyptians used a wide variety of musical instruments ...
3 days ago · The flute is one of the oldest musical instruments, with origins tracing back to prehistoric times. Early flutes were made from bone, wood, or reeds. The modern concert flute, however, developed in the 19th century. Theobald Boehm, a German flutist and inventor, revolutionized its design.
2 days ago · Musical instruments are treated in electronic instrument, keyboard instrument, percussion instrument, stringed instrument, and wind instrument, as well as in separate articles on individual instruments, such as clarinet, drum, guitar, kayagŭm, piano, tabla, and theremin.
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5 days ago · MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. The manufacture of musical instruments dates back to a remote antiquity. They were constantly in use by minstrels at feasts and pageants, and in religious services and ceremonies.
4 days ago · The beginnings of art music in England can be traced to plainsong (plainchant). With the aid of monks and troubadours traveling throughout Europe, musical forms of many regions were freely intermingled and spread quickly.
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2 days ago · Keyboard works ( Klavierwerke) by Johann Sebastian Bach traditionally refers to Chapter 8 in the BWV catalogue or the fifth series of the New Bach Edition, [1] both of which list compositions for a solo keyboard instrument like the harpsichord or the clavichord.
