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 ...

Three different designs of ancient Greek columns. The Greeks believed ... The lyre was a popular instrument at many festivals. A lyre is a bit like a small harp and musicians play it by strumming ...

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument and a double bass is the lowest pitched string instrument found in an orchestra. A trumpet is the highest pitched brass instrument in an orchestra ...

In Europe, the Acoustic Pianos & Stringed Keyboard Instruments market generates a revenue of US$0.4bn in 2024. It is projected to experience an annual growth rate of 3.30% (CAGR 2024-2028).

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 ...

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

In China, the revenue generated in the Acoustic Pianos & Stringed Keyboard Instruments market is projected to reach a staggering amount of US$0.5bn in 2024. This market segment is expected to ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.

Photo courtesy Michael Simmons. Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member of the Palo Alto musicians’ community, died after a brief illness on Sunday ...