This 1956 educational compilation was edited by famed German
musicologist Curt Sachs (1881 1959). Sachs was a cocreator of
the SachsHornbostel system of musical instrument classification,
which the album showcases using examples from previous Folkways
recordings. The album begins with the most basic percussion,
footstamping and handclapping. It continues with various
membranophones (skinsounders), idiophones (selfsounders),
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. RELATED LESSON PLAN"The
Balinese Gamelan Orchestra Club" Click to enlarge