In the midst of balancing textbooks for his philosophy classes and the steep responsibilities of being chair of the ...

It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument and its unique, resonant sound. The modern concert ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled its last commission for its rooftop until 2030. On view at the Iris and B. Gerald ...

T he latest and 12th in the series of roof garden installations has just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Created by ...

Jennie C Jones has planted three massive instruments, played by the wind, on the roof of the Met Museum in New York.

The harp has its hindrances, and a lot of composers are terrified of writing solo music for it. This instrument has 47 strings, each tuned like the white notes of a piano, with the player’s feet ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled “Ensemble,” a site-responsive installation by artist Jennie C. Jones at a recent press conference.

The shapes are contemporary interpretations of string instruments featured in The Met’s collection—a trapezoidal zither; a tall Aeolian harp; and a doubled, leaning one-string. The forms are angular, ...

At about 4,500 years old, these harps are the world's oldest stringed instruments ever discovered. Queen Puabi's lyre was made of wood, most of which decayed over the millennia. During excavations ...

Kouxian, or ancient jaw harp, is the earliest string instrument that has been found in China. By placing kouxian between the ...

But what about otherstring instruments? A guitar works by either ... This is my mini harp. It's a string instrumentand it goes from long strings right down to short strings just like the piano.