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  2. List of medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Cretan lyra. Dulcimer. Fiddle. Gittern [6] Guitarra latina. Guitarra morisca [7] Medieval harp (Medieval form of the modern harp) Hurdy-gurdy. Lute [8]

  3. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Apache fiddle (Apache) Apkhyarta (Abkhazia) Arpeggione. Banhu (China) Baryton. Bazantar (United States) Bowed dulcimer. Bowed guitar. Bowed psaltery (United States)

  4. String Quartet No. 2 (Britten) - Wikipedia

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    String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, by English composer Benjamin Britten, was written in 1945. It was composed in Snape, Suffolk and London, and completed on 14 October. The first performance was by the Zorian Quartet in the Wigmore Hall , London on 21 November 1945, in a concert to mark the exact 250th anniversary of the death of English ...

  5. Fantasia (musical form) - Wikipedia

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    Fantasia (musical form) A fantasia (Italian: [fantaˈziːa]; also English: fantasy, fancy, fantazy, phantasy, German: Fantasie, Phantasie, French: fantaisie) is a musical composition with roots in improvisation. The fantasia, like the impromptu, seldom follows the textbook rules of any strict musical form.

  6. List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn - Wikipedia

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    No. 2 "Das Heimweh: Was ist's das mir den Atem hemmet" (composed by Fanny Mendelssohn, but published under Felix's name) [1] No. 3 "Italien: Schöner und schöner schmückt sich" (composed by Fanny Mendelssohn) [1] No. 4 "Erntelied: Es ist ein Schnitter, der heißt Tod" (MWV K 37) No. 5 "Pilgerspruch: Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern" (MWV K ...

  7. Max Bruch - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Clara Tuczek. Parent (s) August and Wilhelmine Bruch. Signature. Max Bruch in c. 1920. Max Bruch[a] (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.

  8. Peter and the Wolf - Wikipedia

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    Each character of this tale is represented by a corresponding instrument in the orchestra: the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet playing staccato in a low register, the grandfather by a bassoon, the wolf by three horns, Peter by the string quartet, the shooting of the hunters by the kettle drums and bass drum.

  9. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments, like guitars, by plucking the strings with their fingers or a plectrum (pick), and others by hitting the ...