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A	Aboriginal Music of Australia Alto Saxophonist Eric Dolphy Appalachian Dulcimer Arne's Piano Concerto in A Major

B

Bach's Toccata in F, from BWV 540
Bach's Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
Bach's Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
Bagpipe of Eastern Europe
Bagpipe of Eastern Europe
Balachander Plays the Vina
Balalaika Music of Russia
Banda Music
Bassoon
Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58
Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58
Blues Harmonica Player Sonny Terry
Blues Harmonica Player Sonny Terry
Bow Bells, London
Brahms's Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34
Bruch's Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor, op. 26

C

Cimbalom
Classical Drum Music of Japan
Classical Gamelan of Java
Classical Patt Waing of Myanmar (Burma)
Classical Pinpeat of Cambodia
Classical Pipa Music of China
Classical Qin Music of China
Classical Santur Music of Iran
Classical Sarangi of North India
Classical Saung-Gauk of Burma
Classical Saz Music of Turkey
Classical Shakuhachi Music of Japan
Classical Shakuhachi Music of Japan
Classical Sitar of North India, Played by Ravi Shankar
Classical Zither Music of Korea
Classical Zither Music of Vietnam
Clawhammer Banjo Music
Cor Anglais
Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin

D	Debussy's Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune Didgeridoo Doc Watson Plays “Every Day Dirt” Double Bass in Carnival of the Animals

E	Early Clarinets

F	Falla's Homenaje: Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy Fillmore’s Lassus Trombone Flamenco Guitar of Spain Flute Folk Music of Moldova French Horn

G	Galliard for Cornett “Good Vibrations”

H	Hammond Organ in Jazz Music Harpsichord Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar Haydn: Trumpet Concerto Hurdy-Gurdy

J

Jazz Bassist Charlie Mingus
Jazz Cornettist King Oliver
Jazz Guitarist Wes Montgomery
Jazz Percussionist Mongo Santamaria
Jazz Pianist Marilyn Crispell
Jazz Saxophonist Ben Webster
Jazz Saxophonist Dexter Gordon
Jazz Trombonist J. J. Johnson
Jazz Trumpeter Clifford Brown
Jazz Trumpeter Miles Davis
Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary
Jew’s Harp
Jewish Klezmer Music

K	Konzertstück No. 2 in D minor for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Piano Koto Music

L	Latin American Guitar Louis Armstrong Plays “Melancholy Blues”

M	Mandolin played by Bill Monroe Modern Jazz Quartet Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 Mozart's Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C Major, K. 314 Mozart's Horn Concerto no. 4

N	Northumbrian Small-Pipe

O

P	Pachelbel's Hexachordum Apollinis Panpipe Music of Bolivia Panpipes of the Solomon Islands Panpipes of the Solomon Islands Popular Benga Music of Kenya Popular Juju Music of Nigeria Popular Kroncong Music of Java Popular Wedding Music of Bulgaria Praetorius: La Volta

R	Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 Rameau's Harpsichord Suites, Book 1 Rebec Ritual Vodun Music of Haiti

S	Sacred Jewish Shofar Call Sacred Sufi Ney Music of Turkey Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 519, Played by Wanda Landowska Schumann's Carnaval Shehnai Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève Steel Drums of Trinidad and Tobago Synthesizer

T

Tabla Plays Teental
Telemann's Recorder Suite in A Minor
Tenor Saxophone
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Timpani
Tirolean Polka
Tom-tom
Traditional Accordion of Sardinia
Traditional Bala Music of Guinea
Traditional Balalaika of Russia
Traditional Bedouin Music
Traditional Drumming of Burundi
Traditional Drumming of South India
Traditional Gamelan of Bali
Traditional Horn of Switzerland
Traditional Horn of Switzerland
Traditional Kantele of Finland
Traditional Khaen Music of Laos
Traditional Kora Music of Gambia
Traditional Marimba of Guatemala
Traditional Marimba of Guatemala
Traditional Music of the Appalachians
Traditional Music of the Philippines
Traditional Nyckelharpa of Sweden
Traditional Tarantella of Italy
Traditional Timbila of Mozambique
Traditional 'ud Music of Egypt
Traditional 'ud Music of Egypt
Traditional Valiha of Madagascar
Trumpet, as Played by Miles Davis
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis

V	Viola Concerto, by Telemann Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

W	Welsh Harp Music

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