Greek musical instrument

Greek musical instrument is a musical instrument.

Also recorded as Greek musical instruments.

Contents

Catalogued works
In public collections
Digitised editions and texts
Scholarly footprint
Evidence base
Chronology
Plates
Sources

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1687 to 1818.

Ancient Greek and Roman wind and string instruments. Engraving by J. Pass, 1818., dated 1818, held by Wellcome Collection. A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817., dated 1817, held by Wellcome Collection. Georg Wolfgang Gruber. Engraving by J.C. Reiff, ca. 1687., dated [1687?], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 13 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Zenodo).

Citharognathus Pocock 1895 (2025) — DataCite (Zenodo). Manunema kithara Barnes & Ferrero, 2009, sp. nov. (2009) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 4 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

1687Georg Wolfgang Gruber. Engraving by J.C. Reiff, ca. 1687. (Wellcome Collection).
1817A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817. (Wellcome Collection).
1818Ancient Greek and Roman wind and string instruments. Engraving by J. Pass, 1818. (Wellcome Collection).
2009Manunema kithara Barnes & Ferrero, 2009, sp. nov. digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
2025Citharognathus Pocock 1895 digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

1.
Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory, Oxford Music Online, 2001
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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2.
Chicago Musical Instrument Co, Oxford Music Online, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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3.
DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Greek musical instrument”
Institutional database · Scholarly
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4.
Musical instrument, Oxford Music Online, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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5.
On the Name of an Obscure Musical Instrument: What was the Kabithakanthion?, Greek and Roman Musical Studies, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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6.
Towards a new approach in the study of Ancient Greek music: Virtual reconstruction of an ancient musical instrument from Greek Sicily, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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7.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 13 works naming Greek musical instrument.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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8.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3243115: Greek musical instrument
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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9.
“Greek musical instruments”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Plates

Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Elsewhere in Collectables

20,209 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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