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121Chamber music — For other uses, see Chamber music (disambiguation). Frederick the Great plays a flute concert in his summer palace Sanssouci; painting by Adolph Menzel Chamber music is a form o …
122percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
123Crossbow — This article is about the weapon. For other uses, see Crossbow (disambiguation). Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500 A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The… …
124Vibraphone — Infobox instrument name=Vibraphone names=Vibraharp, Vibes image capt=A typical vibraphone color=#FFEC8B classification=Percussion instrument (Idiophone) range= related= musicians= builders= articles=The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp… …
125Music of Madagascar — Malagasy musicians playing valiha and acoustic guitar The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Arabia, England, France and the United States as successive waves of …
126Chinese orchestra — Music of China Timeline General topics Traditional Chinese instruments Mu …
127Benoit Rolland — Benoît Marie Rolland, (September 12, 1954 Paris), is a bowmaker and musician, currently established in Boston, United States. He is married to painter and writer Christine Arveil. He has two daughters and two stepchildren. He is widely known as… …
128chamber music — music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, esp. for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments. [1780 90] * * * Music composed for small instrumental ensembles and performed without a conductor. Traditionally… …
