glass harmonica

Some said the glass armonica was magical, but perhaps the man responsible for it was. Franklin made it possible to create beautiful sounds with the touch of a finger, sounds that his wife Deborah once called, "the music of the angels."

A young child in Germany also died during an armonica performance, which resulted in some towns banning the instrument for good. And as for the players of the armonica, it was also believed that, due to the constant touching of paint used to color-code each bowl, musicians were falling very ill from lead poisoning.

: a musical instrument consisting of a series of rotating glass bowls of differing sizes played by touching the dampened edges with a finger.

glass harp (plural glass harps) A musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.

The harmonica is a talisman, a physical object with emotional meaning, and tied intimately to the central theme of hope. It is raised in the first discussion about hope.

Various features of the film were deemed unfit for release by the censors. The surreal hand-drawn animation style and unorthodox score composed by Alfred Schnittke contradicted the artistic style of socialist realism that had been mandated by the Soviet government.

Playing a musical instrument, like the harmonica, can not only help you to manage your breathing, it can also help improve your mental health and your coordination.

These are different spellings of the same instrument. Franklin originally named his invention the "armonica", after the Italian word "armonia" which means "harmony", in 1761. Franklin's armonica was especially popular in Germany where it was known as the glassharmonika.

Using medieval art and the testimonies of medieval writers, this article describes the harp as the foremost symbolic instrument: an emblem of King David, Old Testament monarch and reputed writer of the Psalms; the harp as a representation of cosmic consonance, bringing harmony between heaven and earth; and the harp's ...

Benjamin Franklin invented a radically new arrangement of the glasses in 1761 after seeing water-filled wine glasses played by Edward Delaval at Cambridge in England in May 1761. Franklin worked with London glassblower Charles James to build one, and it had its world premiere in early 1762, played by Marianne Davies.

Definitions of harmonica. a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ. type of: free-reed instrument. a wind instrument with a free reed.

About The Harmonica This powerful story, inspired by the life of a Holocaust survivor, is a testament to the human spirit and the transcendent power of music. When the Nazis invaded Poland, a family is split apart. The parents are sent to one concentration camp, their son to another.