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Musical Instruments
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Enjoy the Gemünder quartet’s unique voices with George Gershwin’s peaceful Lullaby for String Quartet.
February 3
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In December 2023, Catalyst Quartet—The Met’s 2023–24 Quartet in Residence—gave voice to a special set of Met collection instruments for the first time in over 70 years.
July 29, 2024
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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters. For Salvant, also a skilled textile artist, the tapestries have been a source of inspiration.
November 16, 2023
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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters
November 13, 2023
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Make an instrument and a special tool to visualize sound.
July 5, 2023
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Sound is invisible, yet it’s all around us! What’s going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?
July 5, 2023
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Watch this 1955 interview with Andrés Segovia in which he discusses his relationship with master luthier Hermann Hauser and plays the guitar Hauser built for him.
Andrés Segovia
March 22, 2022
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Bob Grillo performs Ah, Marie with his guitar.
Bob Grillo
March 22, 2022
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Watch an exploration of the musical legacy of Ostad Elahi through his remarkable art of the tanbūr.
April 5, 2019
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Watch a video featuring time-lapse photography of the installation of Fanfare the signature display of The Met's four Musical Instruments galleries, on view at the Met Fifth Avenue in gallery 680.
September 30, 2018