| Title: | Guide to Medieval and Renaissance instruments |
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| Description: | Part of the website of Musica Antiqua, an early music ensemble formed at Iowa State University in 1967, this resource provides a guide to a variety of Medieval and Renaissance instruments used by the ensemble. Instruments covered include the bagpipe, bladder pipe, cornamuse, crumhorn, dulcian, dulcimer, viol da gamba, gemshorn, harp, harpsichord, hirtenschalmei, hurdy-gurdy, kortholt, lizard, lute, mute cornett, organetto, percussion, pipe and tabor, psaltery, rackett, rauschpfeife, rebec, recorder, sacbut, schalmei, serpent, shawm, shofar, transverse flute, viol and the zink. Each individual instrument has a dedicated page containing information, images, sound files (in .wav and MP3 format) and details of additional resources, both available on the Web and in print. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Medieval; Renaissance; musical instruments; harps (chordophones); bagpipes; crumhorns; dulcians; dulcimers; violas da gamba; harpsichords; hurdy-gurdies; lutes (chordophones); mute cornetts; percussion instruments; tabor pipes; psalteries; rackets (reedpipes); rebecs; recorders; serpents; shawms; shofars; transverse flutes; viols; Iowa State University. Musica Antiqua |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | zinks; schalmeis; sacbuts; rauschpfeifes; organettos; lizards; kortholts; bladder pipes; cornamuses; gemshorns; hirtenschalmeis |
| Type: | Interactive resources; Secondary source; Sound; |
| URL: | http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html |
| Classification: |
Creative and performing arts > Music > Musicology > History of music > Early music Creative and performing arts > Music > Performance > Instruments > Keyboard instruments Creative and performing arts > Music > Performance > Instruments > Percussion Creative and performing arts > Music > Performance > Instruments > Stringed instruments Creative and performing arts > Music > Performance > Instruments > Woodwind instruments |
| Resource creator: | Iowa State University. Musica Antiqua (Author) |
| Country of origin: | United States |
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