Man's Early Musical Instruments

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.

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"The Balinese Gamelan Orchestra Club"

EN ESPAÑOL

Esta compilación educativa de 1956 fue editada por el famoso musicólogo alemán Curt Sachs (1881 - 1959). Sachs fue un co-creador del sistema de Sachs-Hornbostel de clasificación de instrumentos musicales, que el álbum muestra usando ejemplos de anteriores grabaciones de Folkways.

El álbum comienza con la percusión, más básica, taconeo y palmas. Continúa con diversos membranófonos (resonadores), idiófonos (auto sonidos), y aerófonos (instrumentos de viento) y cordófonos (instrumentos de cuerda) y termina con varios ejemplos de combinaciones orquestales de todos ellos. Las notas incluyen un ensayo introductorio de Sachs, junto con fotografías y una discografía de la materia prima utilizada.

Track Listing

101	Membranophones and Idiophones: Foot Stamping	n/a	00:35
102	Membranophones and Idiophones: Tap Dancing	n/a	00:35
103	Membranophones and Idiophones: Hand Clapping	n/a	00:44
104	Membranophones and Idiophones: Tapping Sticks	n/a	00:21
105	Membranophones and Idiophones: Tuned Sticks	n/a	00:31
106	Membranophones and Idiophones: Metal Cymbals	n/a	00:52
107	Membranophones and Idiophones: Pounding Bamboos	n/a	00:41
108	Membranophones and Idiophones: Beaten Pots	n/a	00:21
109	Membranophones and Idiophones: Rattles	n/a	00:31
110	Membranophones and Idiophones: Scrapers	n/a	00:34
111	Membranophones and Idiophones: Slit Drum	n/a	00:55
112	Membranophones and Idiophones: Finger Drum	n/a	00:38
113	Membranophones and Idiophones: Water Drum	n/a	00:46
114	Membranophones and Idiophones: Frame Drums	n/a	01:38
115	Membranophones and Idiophones: Frame Drums	n/a	01:05
116	Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums	n/a	01:52
117	Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums	n/a	00:35
118	Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums	n/a	02:03
119	Membranophones and Idiophones: Drum Chimes	n/a	01:28
201	Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes	n/a	01:59
202	Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes	n/a	00:37
203	Membranophones and Idiophones: Bell	n/a	00:25
204	Membranophones and Idiophones: Inverted Bells	n/a	02:33
205	Membranophones and Idiophones: Xylophone	n/a	01:34
206	Membranophones and Idiophones: Sansa	n/a	00:44
207	Membranophones and Idiophones: Jew's Harp	n/a	00:33
208	Aerophones: Trumpets	n/a	00:39
209	Aerophones: Horns	n/a	00:31
210	Aerophones: Oboe	n/a	01:22
211	Aerophones: Clarinet	n/a	01:15
212	Aerophones: Double Clarinet	n/a	01:08
213	Aerophones: Bagpipe	n/a	00:44
214	Aerophones: Accordion	n/a	01:02
215	Aerophones: Vertical Flute	n/a	01:21
216	Aerophones: Transverse Flute	n/a	00:40
217	Aerophones: Whistle Flute	n/a	00:48
218	Aerophones: Giant Double Whistle Flutes	n/a	00:45
219	Aerophones: One-Hand Flute	n/a	00:43
220	Aerophones: Panpipes	n/a	01:04
221	Aerophones: Nose Flute	n/a	01:31
301	Chordophones: Ground Harp	n/a	00:47
302	Chordophones: Musical Bow	n/a	00:55
303	Chordophones: Arched Harp	n/a	01:09
304	Chordophones: Harp	n/a	01:09
305	Chordophones: Stick Zither	n/a	01:36
306	Chordophones: Tubular Zither	n/a	01:06
307	Chordophones: Bowl Zither	n/a	01:14
308	Chordophones: Langleik	n/a	01:08
309	Chordophones: Lyre	n/a	01:40
310	Chordophones: Long Lutes	n/a	01:20
311	Chordophones: Long Lutes	n/a	01:16
312	Chordophones: Samisen	n/a	02:00
313	Chordophones: Banjo	n/a	01:19
314	Chordophones: Guitars	n/a	02:38
315	Chordophones: Guitars	n/a	00:27
316	Chordophones: Diminutive Guitar	n/a	01:13
401	Chordophones: Gusla	n/a	01:15
402	Chordophones: Sarinda	n/a	01:38
403	Chordophones: Hu Ch'in	n/a	01:25
404	Chordophones: Spike Fiddle	n/a	01:05
405	Chordophones: Lira	n/a	00:58
406	Chordophones: Hardangerfele	n/a	01:20
407	Chordophones: Hurdy-Gurdy	n/a	01:35
408	Orchestral Combinations: Balinese Gamelan	n/a	02:57
409	Orchestral Combinations: Burmese Orchestra	n/a	01:30
410	Orchestral Combinations: Thai Orchestra	n/a	03:14
411	Orchestral Combinations: Rumanian Orchestra	n/a	03:06
412	Orchestral Combinations: Spanish Cobla	n/a	03:08