A film about the history of musical instruments.




A conductor conducts a small orchestra.
Pictures depicting musicians playing different musical instruments.
Musical instruments.
Antique musical instruments in a museum.
Hands on the keys of a piano.
A boy plays the piano.
A pianist plays the piano.
Close-up: orchestra musicians (violinist, harpist, oboist..) Harpist.
Image of a harp on an ancient Greek vase. L.S. Termen plays the instrument he invented - the theremin.
The conductor gives instructions to the orchestra (synchronously).
Conductor.
Workshop for making musical instruments (engraving).
The craftsman makes a harp.
Recording studio.
A bird sings on a branch.
An airplane taking off.
Hands of a conductor.
Hands of a harpist.
Images of the first musical instruments.
Monophonic trumpets.
An orchestra of monophonic trumpets (engraving).
An orchestra of monophonic trumpets plays.
Images of polyphonic musical instruments in old engravings and paintings.
The organist plays the organ.
Musical instruments
Leningrad




Organ pipes.
Organist at the organ.
Master stringing the piano.
Pianist playing the piano.
Musician playing the bassoon.
Violinist.
Pianist.
Bassoons in the museum.
Porcelain figurines of musicians.
Village festival (painting).
Street musicians (painting).
Harpsichord.
Portrait of Bach.
Portrait of Mozart.
Portrait of Beethoven.
Photographs of musicians. V. Cliburn at the piano (photographs).
Musical instruments on display at the museum.
Master tuning the violin.
Leningrad



