A new study provides a systematic review of musical instrument diversity in the archaeological and ethnographic history of the continent, suggesting cultural contact over long geographic distances, ...

Last Thursday, the Yale School of Music made an announcement that brings the history of Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments full circle. Timothy Steinert ’82 — great-great-grandson of Morris ...

From an Ancient Egyptian harp and Ghanaian drum to Stradivari violins, a theremin, and even a vuvuzela, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly reopened musical instrument galleries run the gamut of ...

From playing clarinets used in Mozart’s time to reconstructing instruments from paintings, period musicians are recreating ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely captivating. While guitars and pianos dominate stages worldwide, there’s a ...

In April 1945, Madame Roos wrote a letter to French authorities describing her piano she was hoping to get back. Roos, who was 72, was Jewish and her piano had been stolen when Nazis emptied her ...

If you can hum then you can play the “most democratic” instrument in the world — the kazoo. The modest instrument is right up there with the recorder and the baby xylophone as the first instrument ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...