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Music

Scope note

The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony.

This term has 104 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Activity
Motif
Object name
Concept
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300054146

Broader Terms used

performing arts

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

L'Ouïe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lébédeff, Jean
Publisher: Lumière

Pitch pipe

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Amor Mundi

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Sandys, Frederick
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Hosannah

Maker(s)

Designer: Solomon, Simeon
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Guitarrera

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lunois, Alexandre
Printer: Clot, A.

Globe

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

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