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- Castanets
- Chordophones
- Chromatic frame harps
- Chromatic trumpets
- Clack idiophones (cricri)
- Clapper bells
- Clarinets
- Closed barrel-shaped drums
- Closed barrel-shaped drums
- Closed conical drums
- Closed conical drums
- Closed cylindrical drums
- Closed cylindrical drums
- Closed double-conical drums
- Closed double-conical drums
- Closed goblet-shaped drums
- Closed goblet-shaped drums
- Closed hourglass-shaped drums
- Closed hourglass-shaped drums
- Composite chordophones
- Conches
- Concussion idiophones or clappers
- Concussion plaques or plaque clappers
- Concussion reeds
- Concussion sticks or stick clappers
- Concussion troughs or trough clappers
- Concussion vessels or vessel clappers
- Conical drums
- Conical drums
- Cylindrical drums
- Cylindrical drums
- Cymbals
Vocabulary information
Title
Digital Hornbostel & Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments
Subject
Erich Moritz von Hombostel, Curt Sachs
Musical instruments
Taxonomy
Description
The Digital Hornbostel & Sachs System is a taxonomy based on the “Classification of Musical Instruments” by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs (see Systematik der Musikinstrumente. Ein Versuch. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 46/4-5, 1914, 553-590; English version: Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann. The Galpin Society Journal 14, 1961, 3-29; DOI: 10.2307/842168; https://www.jstor.org/stable/842168). It was developed at the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for documentation purposes in its database and catalogue, and was made available in SKOS format within the framework of a cooperation with the ACDH-OeAW in 2015.
Publisher
Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Creator
Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Relation
Format
application/rdf+xml
URI
https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/hsinstruments/ConceptScheme
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