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History

Early Glass Music

2500 B.C.-17th centuryPorcelain Instruments

The Musical Glass (just one)

1627Francis Bacon
1638Galileo

The Musical Glasses (a whole set)

1607-1658G.P. Harsdörffer
1690-1759Richard Pockrich
The Real Story of John Carteret Pilkington
1714-1787C.W. Gluck
1732-1824Anne Ford
1729-1814Edward Delaval
Various Players

Benjamin Franklin and his Glass Armonica

1751Franklin & Electricity
1761Franklin Invents the Armonica
Complete Correspondence To/From Franklin About the Armonica
1761–1790The Armonica: Franklin's Lifelong Companion

Attempts at Improving Franklin's Armonica

Keyboard Glass Armonicas
Water Trough

Armonica Virtuosi

1743–1816(?)Marianne Davies
1742–1798Phillip Frick
1750?–1804Karl Roellig
1769–1808Marianne Kirchgaessner

Composers and the Armonica

1756-91W.A.Mozart
1770–1826L. Van Beethoven
1797–1848Donizetti

The Armonica Waxes

The Armonica in England
The Armonica in Italy
The Armonica in France
The Armonica in Germany
The Armonica in Portugal
The Armonica in America

Creative Uses of the Armonica

Franz Mesmer
Prelude to the Phantasmagoria: The Magic Lantern
E.G.Robertson and the Phantasmagoria

The Armonica Wanes

The Armonica and (Supposed) Lead Poisoning
The Armonica Disappears

Modern Times

1955–1956E. Power Biggs Attempts a Keyboard Armonica
1999Glass Armonica Maker Vanishes
2003Armonica Player & Instrument Survive Roll-over Accident Unscathed

Healing Music

The Healing Powers of the Glass Armonica
What's Different About the Sound of Singing Bowls?

Other

Glass 'Armonica' vs. 'Harmonica'