The santur is an ancient stringed instrument, a dulcimer, with 72 strings that can be dated to 500 BC. Assyrian and ...

which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments. In ancient times, silk was used for the strings of bowed or plucked instruments such as the guqin ...

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

The lyre was the musical instrument that accompanied the education and entertainment of children and teenagers in Ancient Greece ...

The qanun is a traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument. It has a long history, possibly descended from the ancient Egyptian harp, and is related to the psaltery, dulcimer and zither.

To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument ... or four-stringed "mountain" or "plucked" dulcimer, although the two have nothing in common except their name.

We have a ton of excellent early music in Seattle. Learn how digging into music’s ancient past can expand our understanding ...

“We’re all on Facebook,” says Mariam Arghvliani, a 14-year-old girl who plays three ancient stringed instruments (including an L-shaped Svan wooden harp) for her youth folk ...

1925 The earliest evidence of the harp is found in Ancient Egypt around 2500 BC. Back then, the instrument was shaped like a bow and had very few strings. Without the column seen on modern harps, they ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre ★★★★☆ The 1960 opera adaptation of ...

In ancient times, silk was used for the ... Its name points to its foreign origins; it translates as "two-stringed barbarian instrument" - er means two and hu means barbarians.