Musical Bodies
$64.75
- Hardcover
228 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2026
Summary
Musical instruments and their connection to the body as reflected in art, popular culture, and the human condition, from ancient ceremony to rock and roll
Musical Bodies explores the overlapping worlds and blurred boundaries between bodies and instruments across 5,000 years of art and music history. Whether we are tapping, clapping, vocalizing, or whistling, our bodies are musical instruments, and, in return, many instruments derive their form and decoration …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588398130 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588398137 |
| Author: | E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer |
| Publisher: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Imprint: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 229mm x 267mm |
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E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer is curator in the Department of Musical Instruments, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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