{"product_id":"musical-bodies","title":"Musical Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Bodies explores the overlapping worlds and blurred boundaries between bodies and instruments across 5,000 years of art and music history.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether we are tapping, clapping, vocalizing, or whistling, our bodies are musical instruments, and, in return, many instruments derive their form and decoration from the human body. Acting as powerful vehicles of identity, these objects complicate the notion of where bodies end and instrumental music-making begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis interdisciplinary publication features some 130 musical instruments and related works of art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, manuscripts, and costumes. Instruments considered range from Ancient Egyptian sistra and Renaissance figural fiddles to Tipu Sultan’s mechanical organ in the shape of a tiger mauling a European soldier and the “symbol” guitar played by Prince.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBradley Strauchen-Scherer conceives of instruments as bodies and beings, first establishing the ways bodies and instruments interact and entwine and then exploring how instruments reflect identity, sex, death, and the afterlife. Drawing on musicology, organology, anthropology, art, literature, religion, pop culture, and mythology, Musical Bodies is a fascinating exploration of music, art, and the human condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e E. Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ecurator in the Department of Musical Instruments, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 228 pages | 200 colour illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eDate published:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e9781588398130\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27.5 x 23.6 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56912150102394,"sku":"9781588398130","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/8302\/files\/musical-bodies-9781588398130-1239698385.jpg?v=1779365229","url":"https:\/\/www.museumbookstore.com\/products\/musical-bodies","provider":"Museum Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}