Cosmology’s neat story of a universe driven apart by a simple, invisible “cosmic fuel” is starting to fray. A growing body of ...

At the Tolima Conservatory, violin, viola, and cello makers are trained under Italian standards. A partnership between the ...

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Known as a carnyx, the instrument is only the third of its kind to be found in Britain. It was discovered in the territory of ...

The invention of money, the history of the guitar, Marie Kondo’s Japan and more.

Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...

Cast and crew breathing and vocalizing together. Banging giant metal plates in a London warehouse. Inventing impressionistic vocal colors for the Elizabethan era. Hiring a 90-piece orchestra to ...

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A reconstruction of the Hydraulis by Michael Klee. Public Domain Fragments of the Hydraulis—the ancient Greek water organ—were unearthed at the archaeological site of Dion, at the foot of Mount ...