Man'S Early Instruments / Var Man'S Early Instruments / Var CD

This 1956 educational compilation was edited by famed German musicologist Curt Sachs (1881-1959). Sachs was a co-creator of the Sachs-Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification, which the album showcases using examples from previous Folkways recordings. The album begins with the most basic percussion, foot-stamping and hand-clapping. It continues with various membranophones (skin-sounders), idiophones (self-sounders), aerophones (wind instruments), and chordophones (stringed instruments), and finishes with various examples of orchestral combinations of them all. The liner notes include an introductory essay by Sachs along with photographs and a discography of the source material used.

1. Membranophones and Idiophones: Foot Stamping 2. Membranophones and Idiophones: Tap Dancing 3. Membranophones and Idiophones: Hand Clapping 4. Membranophones and Idiophones: Tapping Sticks 5. Membranophones and Idiophones: Tuned Sticks 6. Membranophones and Idiophones: Metal Cymbals 7. Membranophones and Idiophones: Pounding Bamboos 8. Membranophones and Idiophones: Beaten Pots 9. Membranophones and Idiophones: Rattles 10. Membranophones and Idiophones: Scrapers 11. Membranophones and Idiophones: Slit Drum 12. Membranophones and Idiophones: Finger Drum 13. Membranophones and Idiophones: Water Drum 14. Membranophones and Idiophones: Frame Drums 15. Membranophones and Idiophones: Frame Drums 16. Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums 17. Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums 18. Membranophones and Idiophones: Hollow-Log Drums 19. Membranophones and Idiophones: Drum Chimes 20. Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes 21. Membranophones and Idiophones: Gong Chimes 22. Membranophones and Idiophones: Bell 23. Membranophones and Idiophones: Inverted Bells 24. Membranophones and Idiophones: Xylophone 25. Membranophones and Idiophones: Sansa 26. Membranophones and Idiophones: Jew's Harp 27. Aerophones: Trumpets 28. Aerophones: Horns 29. Aerophones: Oboe 30. Aerophones: Clarinet 31. Aerophones: Double Clarinet 32. Aerophones: Bagpipe 33. Aerophones: Accordion 34. Aerophones: Vertical Flute 35. Aerophones: Transverse Flute 36. Aerophones: Whistle Flute 37. Aerophones: Giant Double Whistle Flutes 38. Aerophones: One-Hand Flute 39. Aerophones: Panpipes 40. Aerophones: Nose Flute 41. Chordophones: Ground Harp 42. Chordophones: Musical Bow 43. Chordophones: Arched Harp 44. Chordophones: Harp 45. Chordophones: Stick Zither 46. Chordophones: Tubular Zither 47. Chordophones: Bowl Zither 48. Chordophones: Langleik 49. Chordophones: Lyre 50. Chordophones: Long Lutes 51. Chordophones: Long Lutes 52. Chordophones: Samisen 53. Chordophones: Banjo 54. Chordophones: Guitars 55. Chordophones: Guitars 56. Chordophones: Diminutive Guitar 57. Chordophones: Gusla 58. Chordophones: Sarinda 59. Chordophones: Hu Ch'in 60. Chordophones: Spike Fiddle 61. Chordophones: Lira 62. Chordophones: Hardangerfele 63. Chordophones: Hurdy-Gurdy 64. Orchestral Combinations: Balinese Gamelan 65. Orchestral Combinations: Burmese Orchestra 66. Orchestral Combinations: Thai Orchestra 67. Orchestral Combinations: Rumanian Orchestra 68. Orchestral Combinations: Spanish Cobla