Musica theoretica
work by Gafori
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history of percussion instruments
- In percussion instrument: Idiophones
…are first seen in the Musica theoretica (1492) of the Italian musical theorist Franchino Gafori. One hears of them intermittently thereafter until they come to the fore in the mid-18th century as concert instruments. The rims of glasses of graduated sizes containing enough water to tune them were rubbed by…
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