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- Dennis James Interview: Glass Armonica Project - The Cristal: Glass Music Through the Ages CD he made with Linda Ronstadt, glass music history, and techniques.
- Glass Music - Profiles of Martin Hilmer and Beate Fürbache, their performance programs, historical development of glass music, and descriptions and photographs of musical glasses, the euphone, and the verrophone. [English/German/Japanese]
- The World of Glass Music - Profile of glass musician Clemens Hofinger, reviews, upcoming performances, and audio samples. Also includes history, photographs and descriptions of the armonica, glass harp, and verrophone. [English/German]
- Psyche Van Het Folk: Glass Instruments - Explanations, by Thomas Bloch, of the differences between the seraphim, glass harp, verillon, glass armonica, and glass harmonica.
- Bakken Library and Museum: Glass Armonica - Photograph from the collection and information about the instrument made by Benjamin Franklin and used by German physician Franz Anton Mesmer in his practice.
- William Wilde Zeitler for the Glass Armonica - Glass armonica performer, composer, and recording artist. Includes a history of the instrument, audio, video, news articles, bibliography, and links.
- Yatri - Glass armonica player. Profile, audio samples, CD ordering, and instrument information.
- Thomas Block Glass Harmonica - A soloist who specializes in this rare instrument, manufactured by Gerhard Finkenbeiner.
- Benjamin Franklin and His Glass Armonica - Includes photographs, video, and playable interactive armonica.
- G. Finkenbeiner Inc. - Glass harmonica maker. Includes history, audio samples, and links.
Wikipedia Articles
- Glass harmonica - The glass harmonica, also known as glass armonica, '"hydrocrystalophone" or simply armonica (derived from "armonia", the Italian word for harmony) is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction, making it both a crystallophone and a friction ...
- Philip Glass Ensemble - The Philip Glass Ensemble is a musical group founded by composer Philip Glass in 1968 to serve as a performance outlet for his experimental minimalist music. The Ensemble's instrumentation became a hallmark of Glass' early minimalist style.
- Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread - Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread is a short play by David Ives, imitating composer Philip Glass's minimalist style; that is to say that comparatively few words and ideas are repeated many times throughout the work. The structure of this piece is closest to a rap or musical number, but it is quite distinct from both.
- The Glass Bottom Boat - The Glass Bottom Boat, also known as The Spy in Lace Panties, is a 1966 romantic comedy film that is also considered a film musical. The film stars Doris Day and Rod Taylor.
- Breaking Glass - This article is about the 1980 musical film. For the song by David Bowie, see Breaking Glass (song).