A story about musical instruments (1965)

In the frame - a flute.

Morning, dawn, the sun above the horizon, a view of the lake.

In the frame - grass, reeds near the water.

Close-up - two flat stones on the table.

Polynesian nut.

Sea shell.

Ancient bone flute.

Rock paintings - a herd of deer, people with bows and arrows.

Panorama of the rock painting, an image of a bow with a bowstring appears.

Various ancient musical instruments based on a bow - the base gradually appears, the number of strings increases, tuning pegs appear on the fingerboard.

Ancient Egyptian images of people playing the harp (stone carving).

Ancient Greek antique drawing - people in togas, with musical instruments, in the center - a harp.

In a Renaissance painting - a woman plays the harp.

Panorama of harps standing in a row, a woman plays the harp.

Leningrad, St.

Isaac's Square, in the frame is the house where the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography is located.

The exposition of the institute's museum - various ancient and modern musical instruments are presented on stands and in the halls.

A collection of violins.

In the frame - one of the halls, drums and percussion instruments hang on the walls, in the cabinet there are various wind instruments.

Shots with different halls of the museum, a collection of musical instruments is demonstrated.

In the frame - an Algerian rebab (the body is made of a turtle shell).

In the frame - an Iranian kemancha (a string instrument, the base is made of a coconut).

In the frame - a Karakalpak string musical instrument gidjak (with a body made of pumpkin).

An elderly Polish man plays the bagpipes.

On the stand in the museum are presented parts of the bagpipes.

Close-up - an African musical instrument valiha (made of bamboo).

In the photo a man with a national Kazakh musical instrument - kobyz.

Kobyz and other musical instruments on the wall in the museum.

In the frame - a poshetta, a stringed bowed musical instrument originally from France.

An old painting - a man playing the poshetta.

A panorama of different types of poshetta.

One of the museum halls, with various folk musical instruments on display on the stands.

The frame shows different plucked string instruments.

Different Indian folk musical instruments.

The frame shows an Indian sitar.

The old drawing shows Indian women in sari.

A Japanese drawing shows musicians playing folk instruments.

The frame shows the Japanese folk musical instrument shamisen (three-stringed lute).

Japanese drawings, engravings.

Various Japanese folk plucked string instruments on display.

A stand in the museum, which displays musical instruments from Japan.

The frame shows Indonesian gongs.

A panorama of different percussion instruments - gongs, bells, drums, etc.

A museum hall, the camera moves to the window, where a collection of musical horns is displayed.

The frame shows a stand with lutes and mandolins.

A group photo of musicians from Uzbekistan with folk musical instruments.

A stand with Georgian folk musical instruments.

Close-up - a Georgian three-stringed plucked instrument called panduri.

A stand with Georgian folk musical instruments.

The photo shows Georgian women playing the panduri.

The frame shows Armenian folk musical instruments (in the center - kemancha).

Different plans of the stand, where Armenian folk musical instruments are presented.

The museum exhibits - various folk musical instruments, stringed, plucked, percussion.

In the frame - an ancient Arabic instrument oud, Turkish oud, Armenian oud.

In the frame - a musical instrument - a lute.

A bass lute - theorbo.

Panorama of the neck of the lute - you can see drawings, a beautiful ornament, etc.

Close-up - a man holds a lute in his hands, turns it, shows it from all sides.

Old drawings - a woman with a lute, a company at a table, musicians with a lute and a violin, etc.

A stand in the museum with Spanish guitars (vihuela).

In the old painting - a musician with a vihuela in his hands.

Close-up - vihuela.

In the frame - different types of Spanish guitar, a Russian seven-string guitar.

A stand with guitars in the museum.

A stand with violins.

In the photo - Ukrainian bandura players.

A stand with Ukrainian folk instruments (in the frame - kobza, bandura, etc.).

Karelian folk plucked instrument - kantele, Lithuanian instrument - kankles, Estonian instrument - kannel, Latvian instrument - kokle (the instruments are displayed together with photographs of musicians in national costumes).

A stand with different folk stringed plucked instruments.

Close-up - Russian gusli.

Different types of gusli.

The stand in the museum presents Russian folk musical instruments.

A stand with folk musical instruments - horns.

The photograph shows the Vladimir Horn Players' Choir.

The stands feature various folk musical instruments - horns, flutes, pipes, etc.

In the frame is a shepherd's zhaleika.

An ensemble of musicians plays the shepherd's zhaleikas.

Close-up - the reels of an audio tape recorder are spinning.

Musicians play the zhaleikas.

An audio tape recorder - the recording is ending, a hand turns off the tape recorder, takes the reel with the recording.

Close-up - hands put the audio tape in a box on a shelf in the storage room.

Close-up - old books, musical scores.

Close-up - musical scores of a Russian horn orchestra.

An old drawing shows musicians of a Russian horn orchestra.

A wall, a reflection of a staircase railing on the wall - long horns (musical instruments) appear along the wall.

A stand with musical horns of different sizes.

A river, boats are floating, a Russian horn orchestra is playing on the shore.

The frame shows musicians playing horns, the conductor directs the orchestra.

By the wall is a collection of huge copper horns.

The frame shows stands with flutes.

Close-up: a large flute.

Musicians play 18th-century music on the flute, viol d'amore, and harpsichord.

A woman plays an ancient bowed string instrument, the viol d'amore.

Musicians play 18th-century music.

A woman plays the harpsichord, a panorama of a hall with harpsichords, grand pianos, etc.

The frame shows the grand pianos of composers Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Rubinstein.

View of a hall with grand pianos in the museum.

Close-up: grand piano hammers.

Close-up: harpsichord hammers.

The stand opens, and in the frame is an Italian instrument from the 16th century, the spinet.

Close-up: spinet keys.

Close-up - a grand piano, the musician's hands on the keys.

A symphony orchestra is playing, in the frame - a conductor, a pianist at the piano.

Musicians play the French horns.

Musicians play the oboes.

Various shots with musicians in the orchestra.

General plan - a symphony orchestra on stage.

Leningrad, St.

Isaac's Square, in the frame - the house where the Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography is located.