This 1956 educational compilation was edited by famed German musicologist Curt Sachs (1881-1959). Sachs was a co-creator of the Sachs-Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification, which the album showcases using examples from previous Folkways recordings. The album begins with the most basic percussion, foot-stamping and hand-clapping. It continues with various membranophones (skin-sounders), idiophones (self-sounders), aerophones (wind instruments), and chordophones (stringed instruments), and finishes with various examples of orchestral combinations of them all. The liner notes include an introductory essay by Sachs along with photographs and a discography of the source material used.
16 Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums
17 Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums
18 Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums
19 Membranophones and Idiophones: Drum Chimes
20 Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes
21 Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes
22 Membranophones and Idiophones: Bell
23 Membranophones and Idiophones: Inverted Bells
24 Membranophones and Idiophones: Xylophone
25 Membranophones and Idiophones: Sansa
26 Membranophones and Idiophones: Jew's Harp
27 Aerophones: Trumpets
28 Aerophones: Horns
29 Aerophones: Oboe
30 Aerophones: Clarinet
31 Aerophones: Double Clarinet
32 Aerophones: Bagpipe
33 Aerophones: Accordion
34 Aerophones: Vertical Flute
35 Aerophones: Transverse Flute
36 Aerophones: Whistle Flute
37 Aerophones: Giant Double Whistle Flutes
38 Aerophones: One-Hand Flute
39 Aerophones: Panpipes
40 Aerophones: Nose Flute
- Disc 2 -
1 Chordophones: Ground Harp
2 Chordophones: Musical Bow
3 Chordophones: Arched Harp
4 Chordophones: Harp
5 Chordophones: Stick Zither
6 Chordophones: Tubular Zither
7 Chordophones: Bowl Zither
8 Chordophones: Langleik
9 Chordophones: Lyre
10 Chordophones: Long Lutes
11 Chordophones: Long Lutes
12 Chordophones: Samisen
13 Chordophones: Banjo
14 Chordophones: Guitars
15 Chordophones: Guitars
16 Chordophones: Diminutive Guitar
17 Chordophones: Gusla
18 Chordophones: Sarinda
19 Chordophones: Hu Ch'in
20 Chordophones: Spike Fiddle
21 Chordophones: Lira
22 Chordophones: Hardangerfele
23 Chordophones: Hurdy-Gurdy
24 Orchestral Combinations: Balinese Gamelan
25 Orchestral Combinations: Burmese Orchestra
26 Orchestral Combinations: Thai Orchestra
27 Orchestral Combinations: Rumanian Orchestra
28 Orchestral Combinations: Spanish Cobla
This 1956 educational compilation was edited by famed German musicologist Curt Sachs (1881-1959). Sachs was a co-creator of the Sachs-Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification, which the album showcases using examples from previous Folkways recordings. The album begins with the most basic percussion, foot-stamping and hand-clapping. It continues with various membranophones (skin-sounders), idiophones (self-sounders), aerophones (wind instruments), and chordophones (stringed instruments), and finishes with various examples of orchestral combinations of them all. The liner notes include an introductory essay by Sachs along with photographs and a discography of the source material used.
