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The History And Development Of Musical Instruments From The Earliest Times.

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
127
Flute, Peruvian, 63
,, mediaeval, ico " Free reed," whence imported, 5
Gerbert, abbot, 86 Greek instruments, 27
,, music, whence derived, 27
Hallelujah, compared with Peruvian
song, 82 Harmonicon, Chinese, 42 Harp, Egyptian, 11 ,, Assyrian, 16 ,, Hebrew. 19 „ Greek, 28 „ Anglo-saxon, S9 ., Irish, 90 Hebrew instruments, 19, 26 ,, pipe, 22 ,, drum, 24 „ cymbals, 25 ,, words among Indians, 83 Hindu instruments, 46—48 Hurdy-gurdy, 107 Hydraulos, hydraulic organ, 33
Instruments, curious shapes, 2
           value and use of collec-
tions, 4, 5, 7
Instruments, Assyrian and Baby­lonian, 18
Jubal, 26
Juruparis, its sacred character, 08
Kinnor, 20 King, Chinese, 39
,, various shapes, 40
Lute, Chinese, 46 „ Persian, 54 ,, Moorish, 57
,, Elizabethan, 114
Lyic, Assyrian, 17 ,, Hebrew, 19
,, of the time of Jo­seph, 21
Lyre, Greek, 29, 30 „ Roman, 34 ,,           ,, various kinds, 3 \
,, early Christian, 86 „ early German "/jva," 95
Magadis, 27, 31 Magrepha, 23 Maori trumpet, 2
.Materials, commonly, of instru­ments, 1 Mediaeval musical instruments, 85 ,,              ,,                .. dciived
from Asia, 85 Mexican instruments, Co ,, whistle, 60 „ pipe, 61, 81 ,, flute, 63 „ trumpet, 69, 82 „ drum, "I „ songs, 79 ., council of music, So Minuim, 22 Monochord, 98
Moorish instruments adeptsd in Eng­land, 56 Muses on a vase It Munich, 30 Music one of the fine arts, l
Xablia, 35. 88 Nadr ben el-Hares, 54 Nareda, inventor of Hindu instru­ments, 46 Nero coin with an organ, 34 Xofre, a guitar, 11
Oboe, Persian, 56 ()liphant, 101 Orchestra, 107
,,         modifications, 7
I Organistrum, 98, ill I Organ, 101
,, pneumatic and hydraulic, IOI ,, in MS. of Eadwine, 103
Pandoura, 31 Pedal, invented, 103 Persian instruments, 51
„ harp, 51 Peruvian pipes, 65 ,, dium, 74 „ bells, 75
,, stringed instruments, 77 ■          „ songs, 78, 79
Peterborough paintings of violins, 95 ; Pipe, single and double, 22 „ Mexican, 61 ,, Peruvian, 65 ! Plektron, 30 Poongi, Hindu, 51 Pre-historic instruments, 9 Psalterium, 35, 87, S9, III, 113
, Rattle of Nootka Sound, 2 „ American Indian, 74
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