Index Classification: Subject Matter/Theme

Music

Works of Art (178)

	*'Ukulele*, late 19th century, Hawai'i, Wood, metal, gut (89.4.727)
	Alto Recorder in F, ca. 1700, Made by Johann Benedikt Gahn (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Ivory (89.4.909)
	Alto Recorder, mid-18th century, Johann Wilhelm Oberlender the Elder (German), Nuremberg, Germany, Boxwood and horn (89.4.2208)
	Angeli Laudantes, 1898, Edward Burne-Jones (designer) (English); John Henry Dearle (designer) (English); Merton Abbey Tapestry Works (English), Merton, Surrey, England, Wool and silk weft on cotton warp (2008.8)
	Aristide Bruant, at His Cabaret, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors; machine wove paper (32.88.17)
	Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial V, ca. 1340, Leaf from an antiphonary, Niccolò di ser Sozzo (Italian), Italian (Siena), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (96.32.12)
	The Ballet from Robert le Diable, 1871, Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.552)
	Bashi-Bazouk, 1868–69, Jean-Léon Gérôme (French), Oil on canvas (2008.547.1)
	Bassoon, 1881, Giosue Esposito, Naples, Maple, nickel-silver (2003.150a–g)
	Bassoon, ca. 1811, John Meacham (American), Albany, New York, Maple, brass (89.4.884)
	The Batta-Piatigorsky Violoncello, 1714, Antonio Stradivari (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Spruce, maple, ebony (L.2005.8a–g)
	Belt Ornament, 2nd–7th century, Peru; Moche, Copper (1987.394.595)
	The Blind Guitarist (El ciego de la guitarra), 18th century, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Etching; working proof (22.63.29)
	Bottle, Skeletal Couple with Child, 3rd–7th century, Peru, Moche, Ceramic (1978.412.196)
	Bowl with astronomical and royal figures, Seljuq period, late 12th–early 13th century, Central or northern Iran, Stonepaste; polychrome in glaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i) (57.36.4)
	*Bullroarer (Upura* or Imunu Viki)**, late 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, Purari Delta region, Wood, lime (1979.206.1545)
	Camel: From the Bérain Grotesques, ca. 1685–89, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer; Woven at the Beauvais manufactory under the direction of Philippe Behagle or his son of the same name in the late 17th or early 18th century, French, Wool and silk (1977.437.1)
	Carmencita, 1890, William Merritt Chase (American), Oil on canvas (06.969)
	Chegah-Skah-Hdah, 19th century, Sioux, Plain States, Wood, metal, leather (89.4.597)
	Circus Sideshow, 1887–88, Georges Seurat (French), Oil on canvas (61.101.17)
	Clarinet in D, 1750–70, Germany, Boxwood, brass (2010.185)
	Clavichord, 1763, Christian Kintzing, Neuwied, Germany, Wood (1986.239)
	Claviorganum, 1598, Made by Laurentium Hauslaib, Nuremberg, Germany, Wood and various materials (89.4.1191)
	Coat, spring 1939, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian), Polychrome wool felt, blue silk faille (2002.479.4)
	Cor solo, 1829, Dubois & Couturier (French), Lyon, Brass, silver (2008.136)
	Cornet à pistons in B-flat, 1833, Courtois frères, Paris, Brass, ivory (2002.190a–n)
	Courting Flute, ca. 1850–1900, Sioux, Great Plains, Red pipestone (catlinite), lead, Native-tanned leather (89.4.3371)
	Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, ca. 1870–80, James McNeill Whistler (American), Oil on canvas (12.32)
	The Dancing Class, ca. 1870, Edgar Degas (French), Oil on wood (29.100.184)
	Dholaka, late 19th century, India, Wood, skin, brass, cord (89.4.165)
	Divan Japonais, 1892–93, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors on wove paper (58.621.17)
	Division viol, ca. 1640–65, England, Spruce and maple (2009.42)
	Division Viol, ca. 1720, School of Joachim Tielke (German), Wood, ivory, tortoise shell (89.4.956)
	*Dizi*, Qing dynasty, 18th–19th century, China, Jade (65.149a,b)
	Drum (Effigy), 1st century A.D., Peru; Nasca, Ceramic (1978.412.111)
	*Drum (Pahu)*, early 19th century, Austral Islands, possibly Ra'ivavae, Wood, sharkskin, fiber (1978.412.720)
	Dvojnice, late 19th century, Bosnia, Wood (89.4.1589)
	Edward Alexander MacDowell, 1906; this cast, 1907, Helen Farnsworth Mears (American), Bronze (09.147)
	Evening dress, fall 1939, Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian), White silk organza, metallic thread, plastic, white suede, green metal (2009.300.1165a,b)
	*Fiddle (Enserunai* or Ensuranai)**, 19th century, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Sadong River, Iban people, Wood, coconut shell, hide, fiber (89.4.2365)
	Figure Whistle, 3rd–7th century, Peru, Moche Valley (?), north coast; Moche, Gold (hammered) (1991.419.51)
	Flared Bowl, 6th–8th century, Peru; Moche, Ceramic (63.226.5)
	Flute Stopper, late 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik region, Biwat people, Wood, paint (1978.412.1545)
	Fortepiano, ca. 1838, Conrad Graf (Viennese, 1782–1851), Vienna, Austria, Oak, spruce, veneer, and walnut (2001.272)
	Frame Drum, 19th century, Dakota, Siouan Family, Wood, various materials (89.4.560ab)
	The French Comedians, 1720–21, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (49.7.54)
	Funeral Procession in an Initial R, second half of 15th century, Leaf from a gradual, Mariano del Buono (Italian, Florentine), Italian (Florence), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (96.32.16)
	Garland holder with a winged celestial, mid-1st century A.D.; Pakistan, ancient region of Gandhara, Schist (1987.142.213)
	Ghanti, second half of 19th century, North India, Brass (89.4.154)
	Gioacchino Rossini, 1856, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) (French), Salted paper print from glass negative (1993.233)
	A Girl Singing Ballads by a Paper Lanthorn, after 1767–before 1782, Thomas Watson (British) after Henry Robert Morland (British), Mezzotint (53.600.1892)
	*Gourd Drum (Ipu Hula* or Ipu Heke)**, 19th century, Hawai'i, Gourd, barkcloth, fiber (89.4.754)
	Grand Piano, 1720, Made by Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italian), Florence, Italy, Various materials (89.4.1219)
	Grand piano, ca. 1790, Ferdinand Hofmann (Viennese, 1756–1829), Vienna, Austria, Wood and various materials (1984.34)
	Grand piano, ca. 1790, Johann Schmidt (Austrian, active late 18th century), Salzburg, Austria, Various materials (89.4.3182)
	Grand piano, ca. 1820, Joseph Böhm (Austrian, 1786–ca. 1850), Vienna, Austria, Wood and various materials (1982.138)
	Guitar, ca. 1695–99, Joachim Tielke (German), Wood, ivory, ebony (53.56.3)
	Guitar, late 17th century, Attributed to Giacomo Ertel (German, active in Italy), Rome, Wood, various materials (1984.225)
	Harmony in Yellow and Gold: The Gold Girl—Connie Gilchrist, ca. 1876–77, James McNeill Whistler (American), Oil on canvas (11.32)
	Harpsichord, 1666, Girolamo Zenti, Rome, Italy, Wood and various materials (89.4.1220)
	Harpsichord, ca. 1650, Made by Jan Couchet the Elder (Flemish), Antwerp, Flanders, Wood, various materials (89.4.2363)
	Harpsichord, ca. 1675, Made by Michele Todini (Italian), Rome, Italy, Wood, various materials (89.4.2929)
	Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), 1882–83, Édouard Manet (French), Oil on canvas (59.129)
	Heroes Tapestry, ca. 1400–1410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool wefts (32.130.3b, 47.101.1, 47.152)
	Idle Hours, 1888, Julian Alden Weir (American), Oil on canvas (88.7)
	Initial C with Saint Lawrence, ca. 1380–90, From a gradual, Don Simone Camaldolese (Italian), Italian (Florence), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (90.61.2)
	Initial E with the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, ca. 1394–1402, From a gradual created for the Carthusian monastery of the Holy Spirit at Farneta, near Lucca, Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (Italian), Italian (Bologna), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (2007.236)
	Initial S with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, ca. 1278, From an antiphonary created for the Cathedral of Imola, Master of Bagnacavallo, Italian (Imola), Tempera and ink on parchment (26.159.1)
	Jane Avril, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in five colors; machine wove paper (32.88.15)
	Jesus Entering the Temple in a Letter D, ca. 1408–11, From a gradual created for the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine), Italian (Florence), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint, on vellum (1999.391)
	Kamanche, ca. 1880, Iran (Tehran), Wood, metal, bone, gut (1998.72)
	Kettle drums, 1779, Franz Peter Bunsen (German), Hannover, Silver, iron, calfskin (2010.138.1–.4)
	Keyed bugle, ca. 1835–50, Graves and Company, Winchester, New Hampshire, Copper, nickel-silver, other materials (89.4.2326)
	King David in an Initial I, early 15th century, Leaf from a psalter, Northern Italian, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (28.225.65)
	La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), 1889, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Oil on canvas (1996.435)
	A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh), Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper (1996.100.1)
	Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle, Ming dynasty, 16th century, China, Handscroll; ink and color on silk (33.167)
	London Music Hall, 1918, Everett Shinn (American), Oil on canvas (21.39)
	Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable, 1857, Gustave Courbet (French), Oil on canvas (19.84)
	The Love Song, 1868–?1873, Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Oil on canvas (47.26)
	*Lute (Hasapi)*, late 19th–early 20th century, Indonesia, Sumatra, Toba Batak people, Wood, metal (1999.47.44)
	Lute, 1669, Pietro Railich, Padua, Snakewood, ebony, spruce (2008.3)
	Lute, late 16th century, Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker, Padua, Yew, spruce, ebony, maple (1989.13)
	Mandolino, ca. 1710–20, Attributed to Giovanni Smorsone (Italian), Rome, Ebony, ivory, rosewood, mother-of-pearl (2008.2a,b)
	Mandora, 1726, Gregori Ferdinand Wenger, Augsburg, Maple, spruce, ebony (89.4.3140)
	The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, ca. 1340, Leaf from the laudario created for Sant'Agnese, Florence, Pacino di Bonaguida (Italian), Italian (Florence), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (2006.250)
	Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, second half of 13th century, Leaf from a Dominican gradual, Southern Italy (probably Naples), Tempera and ink on parchment (2005.273)
	May Belfort, 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in four colors (41.12.1)
	Mayuri (peacock), 19th century, India, Wood, parchment, metal, feathers (89.4.163)
	Merengue en Boca Chica, 1983, Rafael Ferrer (American, born Puerto Rico), Oil on canvas (1984.2)
	Mezzetin, ca. 1718–20, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138)
	Miss Loïe Fuller, 1893, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in five colors on vellum (1970.534)
	Mrdangam, 20th century, India, Wood, leather, tuning paste (1986.467.18)
	The Music Lesson, 1870, John George Brown (American), Oil on canvas (21.115.3)
	Music stand, 1962, Wharton Esherick (American), Designer, Cherry wood (1979.320)
	Musical clock with spinet and organ, ca. 1625, Veit Langenbucher (German); Samuel Bidermann (German), Augsburg, Germany, Ebony, various wood and metals, wire, parchment, leather (2002.323a–f)
	A Musical Party, 1659, Gabriël Metsu (Dutch), Oil on canvas (91.26.11)
	A Musician and His Daughter, 1629, Thomas de Keyser (Dutch), Oil on wood (64.65.4)
	The Musician, 1662, Bartholomeus van der Helst (Dutch), Oil on canvas (73.2)
	The Musicians, ca. 1595, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard), Oil on canvas (52.81)
	Nao (bell), Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.), China, Bronze (49.136.10)
	Natural Trumpet, late 17th century, Johann Wilhelm Haas (Swiss), Nürnberg, Germany, Brass (89.4.2375)
	Netsuke: Ox with boy playing flute, 19th century, Japanese, Wood, ivory, metal (10.211.780)
	Nicolo Paganini, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), Counterproof strengthened with graphite and white chalk on paper (43.85.10)
	*Nose Flute (Bituucu, Bitu Ceguvi, Bitu ni Vakatagi, or Bitu Vakatagi)*, ca. 1830, Fiji, Bamboo (89.4.795)
	Ornamental Painting in Chiaroscuro, ca. 1765, Robert Adam (English) and partnership, Oil on canvas (60.50a)
	Over-the-shoulder bugle, ca. 1860, John F. Stratton (American), New York, Nickel-silver (89.4.2295)
	Paiban (half of a clapper), Ming dynasty, early 15th century, China, Ivory, traces of pigment (2003.166)
	Pair of gulgul, early 20th century, Indonesia (Madura), Wood (2009.430a,b,431)
	Pandharpuri tambura, 19th century, India, Gourd, wood, bone, ivory (1994.498)
	Panel with musical party in a garden, 1647, English, Canvas worked with silk thread; tent stitch (64.101.1314)
	Pedal harp, 1891–95, Lyon & Healy, Chicago, Wood, metal (2001.171)
	Pipa, 19th century, Made by Jiu-cheng, Guangzhou (Canton), China, Wood, ivory, bone, gut (89.4.52)
	*Pipa*, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 15th–early 16th century, China, Wood, ivory, bone, silk (50.145.74)
	Plate, Archaic, ca. 510 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to Paseas, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (2010.64)
	Positive organ, 17th century, Germany, Woods, metal alloys, leather, and various materials (1978.6)
	*Qin*, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1634, China, Wood, lacquer, jade, silk strings (1999.93)
	Qing (chime) for linzhong (eighth note in the twelve-note scale), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, dated 1716, China, Jade with incised gilded design (03.15.1)
	Qing (musical stone) with theme of the Hundred Antiques, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–95), China, Jade (02.18.644)
	*Rasp / Lime Spatula (Tap), late 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Iatmul people, Wood, paint (1978.412.821) Rasp / Lime Container (Bandi Na Iavo)*, late 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Iatmul or Chambri people, Bamboo, wood, paint, fiber (1979.206.1457)
	Rattle, 19th century, Alaska; Sitka, Wood, pigment (89.4.614)
	Rattle, 19th century, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia; Skittagetan or Haida, Wood, pigment (89.4.616)
	Rattle, 19th century, Vancouver Island, Canada; Masseth or Haida, Wood, pigment (89.4.647)
	Rattle, ca. 1880, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia; Haida or Tsimshian, Wood, string, pigment (89.4.1963)
	Raven Rattle, 19th century, British Columbia; Tsimshian, Wood, pigment (89.4.2161)
	Raven Rattle, 19th century, Skidegate, British Columbia; Haida, Cedar, pebbles, polychrome (89.4.611)
	Rebab or rabab, 19th century, Algeria, Wood, parchment, metal, ivory, leather (89.4.403)
	Rectangular Octagonal Virginal, ca. 1600, Augsburg (?), Wood and various materials (89.4.1778)
	Regal, 1575, Labeled: "Georg Vell" (Voll), Nuremberg, Germany, Wood, metal (89.4.2883)
	Sankh, 19th century, Kerala State, India, Shell (spyrum turbonella), brass, wax (1986.12)
	Sarangi, 19th century, Gujarat, India, Wood, metal, parchment, horsehair, mother-of-pearl, ivory, paint(89.4.200)
	Sarangi, ca. 1900, India, Wood, ivory, parchment, metal (1982.143.2)
	Sarangi, late 19th century, North India, Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal (46.34.43)
	Se player, Han dynasty, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., China, Pottery (1994.605.85a–c)
	The Seated Clowness (Mademoiselle Cha-u-Kao), 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), Lithograph printed in five colors on wove paper (49.55.50)
	Seated Female Musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century, China, Pottery (23.180.4–7)
	Seated Musician, Tang dynasty (618–906), China, Marble (2006.156)
	Set of ten belt plaques, Tang dynasty, 7th–8th century, China, Jade (1992.165.22a–j)
	Seven String Bass Viol, 1720, Nicolas Bertrand (French), Wood (89.4.1343)
	*Sheng*, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, China, Wood, metal, ivory (89.4.96)
	Side Blown Trumpet, late 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Wood, shell, hair, fiber (1980.262)
	Side drum, ca. 1860, Attributed to Ernest Vogt, Philadelphia, Wood, various materials (89.4.2162)
	The Singer in Green, ca. 1884, Edgar Degas (French), Pastel on light blue laid paper (61.101.7)
	Sitar, 1997, Made by Murari Adhikari, Calcutta, India, Teak, ebony, metal, bone, various materials (1999.399)
	Sitar, late 19th century, India, Wood, ivory, metal (89.4.1586)
	*Slit Gong (Waken)*, 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Komindimbit village, Iatmul people, Wood (1978.412.1536)
	Soprano Recorder, ca. 1700, Thomas Boekhout (Dutch), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ebony and ivory (89.4.912)
	Spanish Music Hall, 1902, Everett Shinn (American), Oil on canvasboard (67.187.139)
	The Spanish Singer, 1860, Édouard Manet (French), Oil on canvas (49.58.2)
	Study for Song, 1938, Henri Matisse (French), Charcoal on paper (2002.456.45)
	*Suona*, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Rosewood, brass (89.4.20)
	Sursanga, 19th century, India, Wood, pearl, ivory (46.34.79)
	*Suzu*, 17th century, Miwa, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Wood, metal (89.4.94)
	Tambura, 20th century, India, Gourd, wood, bone, ivory, steel (1986.470a)
	Tanjore tambura (male), early 19th century, India, Gourd, wood, metal, bone (2008.141.2a,b)
	Tenor Recorder in C, end of 16th century, Germany (?), Maple (89.4.3133)
	Tenor recorder, ca. 1600, Bassano Workshop, Venice or London, Boxwood (2010.205)
	Trumpet (Fu), mid-20th century, New Guinea, Papua Province, Asmat people, Bamboo (1978.412.1022)
	*Tube Zither (Sesando* or Sasandu)**, late 19th century, Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Timor Island, Bamboo, wood, palm leaves, metal wire (89.4.1489)
	Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825–30, Caspar David Friedrich (German), Oil on canvas (2000.51)
	Ud, 1977, Les fils de Gamil Georges, Cairo, Mahogany, spruce, beech, plastic, abalone, brass, other materials (1982.143.1)
	The Vine, 1921; revised 1923; this cast, 1924, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (American), Bronze (27.66)
	Viola d'amore, 18th century, Johannes Florenus Guidantus (Italian), Bologna, Italy, Spruce, maple (2009.41)
	Violetta, 1701, Giovanni Grancino (Italian), Milan, Spruce, maple, ebony, ivory (2008.1)
	Violin, ca. 1625, England or Germany, Wood (1990.7)
	Violin, ca. 1685, Joachim Tielke (German), Wood (1992.333)
	Violoncello Head, ca. 1670–80, School of Joachim Tielke (German), Maple (1998.458)
	The Visitation in an Initial A and Cardinal Adam Easton with a Dominican Saint and Saint Dominic, ca. 1400, Leaf from an antiphonary, Italian (Venice), Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment (90.61.3)
	Wanderer in the Storm, 1835, Carl Julius von Leypold (German), Oil on canvas (2008.7)
	Water Drum, 19th–early 20th century, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Mindimbit village, Iatmul people, Wood, fiber (1979.206.1627)
	Whistle, 19th century, British Columbia; Northwest Coast, Wood, pigment (89.4.2243)
	Whistle, 19th century, United States, Wood, metal, feathers (89.4.2058)
	A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, ca. 1658, Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), Oil on wood (14.40.617)
	Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63, Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), Oil on canvas (25.110.24)
	*Xiao*, Qing dynasty, 18th–19th century, China, Fukien Province, Porcelain (1988.91)
	Xun (ovoid ocarina), Han dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.), China, Pottery (2005.14)
	Yunluo ("cloud gong"), Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Bronze (89.4.15a)
	Zhong (bell), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (5th–3rd century B.C.), China, Bronze (13.220.86)