List of period instruments
In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".
This article consists of a list of such instruments in the European tradition, including both instruments that are now obsolete and early versions of instruments that continued to be used in later classical music.
Renaissance (1400–1600)
Strings
- Violin
- Viol
- Viola
- Cello
- Lira da braccio
- Contrabass
- Violone
- Lute
- Theorbo
- Archlute
- Gittern
- Mandore
- Harp
- Cittern
- Vihuela
Woodwinds
- Cornamuse
- Cromorne
- Crumhorn
- Rackett
- Rauschpfeife
- Recorder
- Shawm
- Dulcian
Brasses
- Trumpet
- Cornett
- Sackbut
- Serpent
- Natural horn
- Slide trumpet
- Natural trumpet
- Horn
Keyboards
- Clavichord
- Harpsichord
- Regal
- Virginal
- Ottavino
- Organ
Percussion
Baroque (1600–1750)
Strings
- Violino piccolo
- Violin
- Viol
- Viola da gamba
- Viola
- Viola d'amore
- Viola pomposa
- Tenor violin
- Cello
- Violoncello piccolo
- Contrabass
- Colascione
- Violone
- Lute
- Theorbo
- Archlute
- Angélique
- Mandore
- Mandolin
- Baroque guitar
- Harp
- Hurdy-gurdy
Woodwind
- Baroque flute
- Chalumeau
- Kortholt (also known as Cortholt, Curtall, Oboe family)
- Dulcian
- Baroque oboe
- Rackett
- Recorder
- Oboe d'amore
- Oboe da caccia
- Contrabassoon
- Taille
- Cor anglais
Brasses
Keyboards
- Clavichord
- Harpsichord
- Spinet
- Organ
Percussion
- Drum
- Timpani
- Cymbals
- Bass drum
- Tabor
- Snare drum
Classical (1750–1820)
Strings
Woodwinds
- Basset clarinet
- Basset horn
- Clarinette d'amour
- Clarinet
- Chalumeau
- Flute
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- Contrabassoon
- Cor anglais
Keyboards
- Clavichord
- Harpsichord
- Spinet
- Tangent piano
- Fortepiano (early Piano)
- Organ
Brasses
- Buccin
- Ophicleide—a Serpent replacement, precursor of the Tuba
- Natural trumpet
- Natural horn
- Trombone
- Post horn
Percussion
See also
External links
- Early musical instruments
- Historical Brass Instruments as described by Antique Sound Workshop, Ltd.
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festivals
- Boston Early Music Festival
- Festival Oude Muziek
- Flanders Festival
- Regensburg Tage Alter Musik
builders
collections
- Bate Collection
- Brussels Musical Instrument Museum
- Metropolitan Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix
- Musikinstrumente Vienna
- National Music Museum
- Smithsonian Institution
- Yale University
- Paris Conservatoire
collectors
instruments
- Harpsichord
- Recorder
- Viol
- Amherst Early Music
- Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute
- Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
- American Recorder Society
- Cambridge Society of Early Music
- Early Music America
- Lute Society
- Lute Society of America
- National Early Music Association
- Society of Recorder Players
- Viola da Gamba Society
- Viola da Gamba Society of America
- Harmonia
- Micrologus
- Millennium of Music
- Pied Piper