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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz
Gong. Closeup of a khong wong gong circle chime. Thai classical musical instrument, part of piphat ensemble. (percussion, music)
Music Quiz
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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
Undated photograph of American violinist Nathan Milstein playing a 1716 Stradivarius violin. Undated photo.
What’s So Special About Stradivarius Violins?
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Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks
Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.
What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Add new Web site: University of New South Wales - Music Acoustics - Harpsichord and Clavichord (PDF). Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - Musical Instruments at your Fingertips - Clavichord. Feb 15, 2016
Added photograph. Sep 16, 2015
Added new Web site: Boston Clavichord Society - Clavichord. Sep 12, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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