About 340 results for ‘Musical instrument’
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Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the beginnings of human culture. The purpose of early musical instruments was ritual: a hunter might use a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a shaman might use a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures later developed the processes of composing and performing melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications. The date and origin of the first device considered to be a musical instrument is disputed. The oldest object that some scholars refer to as a musical instrument, a simple flute, dates back as far as 67,000 years. Solid consensus begins to form about early flutes dating to about 37,000 years old. However, most historians believe that determining a specific time of musical instrument invention is impossible due to the subjectivity of the definition and the relative instability of materials that were used in their construction. Many early musical instruments were made from animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials. Musical instruments developed independently in many populated regions of the world. However, contact among civilizations resulted in the rapid spread and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin. By the Middle Ages, instruments from Mesopotamia could be found in Maritime Southeast Asia and Europeans were playing instruments from North Africa. Development in the Americas occurred at a slower pace, but cultures of North, Central, and South America shared musical instruments. By 1400, musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was dominated by the Occident. The classification of musical instruments is a discipline in its own right, and many systems of classification have been used over the years. One may classify musical instruments by their effective range or their material composition; however, the most common method, Hornbostel-Sachs, uses the means by which they produce sound. The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.
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Déménagement à la cloche de bois
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Broom
- Dombes
- Family
- Fraud
- Moving company
- Musical instrument
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- Date:
- 20th century
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LE PETIT BERGER (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bagpipes
- Boy
- Musical instrument
- Sheep
- Shepherd
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Jeune troubadour jouant du luth (titre factice)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lute
- Musical instrument
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CANTIQUES SPIRITUELS. / ORAISON A NOTRE DAME DE LA COUTUR...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Dais
- Ex-voto
- Madonna (art)
- Musical instrument
- Overcoat
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CANTIQUES SPIRITUELS.ORAISON A NOTRE DAME DE LA COUTURE (...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Dais
- Ex-voto
- Madonna (art)
- Musical instrument
- Overcoat
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- Date:
- 19th century
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DIJON - PLACE DU TRENTE OCTOBRE UN JOUR DE FOIRE
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bicycle
- Crowd
- Dijon
- Musical instrument
- Statue
- Street light
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Designation:
- carnet (ensemble)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clarinet
- Clarion (instrument)
- Crown (headgear)
- Cymbal
- Drum
- Flower
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- éventail
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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Trois musiciens ambulants
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clog (shoe)
- Girl
- Hurdy gurdy
- Musical instrument
- Musician
- Old age
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Entertainment
- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- figurine ; crèche (élément)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Musical instrument
- Shepherd
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KABYLES (1864)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Algeria
- Musical instrument
- Musician
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le donjon de Vincennes à l'époque de la Renaissance [titr...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Clothing
- Domestic worker
- Garden
- Man
- Musical instrument
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Musiciens (étude) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Musical instrument
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Philippe de Champaigne
DEUX ANGES MUSICIENS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Harp
- Lute
- Musical instrument
- Putto
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Le Brun
L'ADORATION DES BERGERS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Cloud
- Musical instrument
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Frans Francken the Younger
ULYSSE RECONNAISSANT ACHILLE PARMI LES FILLES DE LYCOMEDE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Musical instrument
- Odysseus
- Painting
- Vase
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LA SALLE DE BAL
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Folk dance
- Individual
- Magic (paranormal)
- Musical instrument
- Park
- Pelvis
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LA COLONNADE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Chariot
- Domestic worker
- Individual
- Musical instrument
- Park
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
BIVOUAC DEVANT LE BOURGET APRES LE COMBAT.21 DECEMBRE 1870
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arms industry
- Cart
- Cold
- Injury
- Le Bourget
- Military camp
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Man
- Musical instrument
- Portrait
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 17th century
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ANNE-HENRIETTE DE FRANCE, DITE MADAME HENRIETTE (1727-1752)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Musical instrument
- Portrait
- Princess Henriette of France
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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MARIE-ADELAIDE DE FRANCE, DITE MADAME ADELAIDE (1732-1799)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Musical instrument
- Portrait
- Sheet music
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LE THE A L'ANGLAISE DANS LE SALON DES QUATRE GLACES, AU T...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clothing
- Dog
- Hairstyle
- Harpsichord
- Musical instrument
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 18th century
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SOUPER DU PRINCE DE CONTI AU TEMPLE - 1766
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Meal
- Musical instrument
- Musician
- Parliament
- Table (furniture)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- David Teniers the Younger
LE QUETEUR
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Musical instrument
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- Date:
- 17th century
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