Musical Instrument Museum Yale

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Musical instrument type of zither. The yale collection of musical instruments is committed to fostering an understanding and appreciation of musical instruments from all cultures and periods. Authors are at once leading scholars and acknowledged performers. Chances are you will learn something new every time you enter yales world class museums and galleries all of them open to the public almost all of them free of charge.

The worlds only global musical instrument museum. There you will find cultural and scientific treasures from van goghs night cafe to the gutenberg bible to historic musical instruments to fossils of the earliest dinosaurs that walked the earth. One of the foremost institutions of its kind the collection acquires preserves and exhibits musical instruments from antiquity to the present and showcases restored examples in demonstrations and live performances.

Bud herseth was the principal trumpeter of the chicago symphony orchestra from 19482001. Yale collection of musical instruments is at yale collection of musical instruments. Books from yale musical instrument series books in this series trace the history and development of a particular instrument or family of instruments from its origins to the present day with the explicit emphasis on performance practice.

The museums collection presents belgian musical history including brussels importance in the making of recorders and various obscure proto synthesizers ondes martenot theremin etc in the 18th and 19th centuries and as the home of instrument inventor adolphe sax in the 19th century european musical traditions and non european instruments. August 21 at 1201 pm new haven ct this trumpet belonged to adolph bud herseth and is on loan to the collection for the resounding brass exhibition. Established in 1900 when morris steinert presented to yale his collection consisting chiefly of keyboard instruments the collection grew slowly for over half a century largely through donations from alumni.

The trumpet yale musical instrument series john wallace alexander mcgrattan in the first major book devoted to the trumpet in more than two decades john wallace and alexander mcgrattan trace the surprising evolution and colorful performance history of one of the worlds oldest.