9 November 2007 – 3 February 2008

Strings Keys Sounds - Music instruments yesterday today tomorrow

A musical instrument is a musical instrument is a musical instrument. Thanks to a donation
made by the music business Hug in 1968 the applied arts collection has been expanded by
the addition of exceptional music instruments. The fusion of Hochschule für Gestaltung und
Kunst Zürich (hgkz) with the Hochschule Musik und Theater Zürich (hmt) in 2007 now offers
an occasion to trace the tonality of music instruments from yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The collaboration with the hmt, the Patt Collection, Willisau and the music company Hug
offers a rare opportunity to place old music instruments, some of which are unique, in a
contemporary context. It illustrates the passage of time not only by means of new sounds
but above all through the richness of forms that the world of music has repeatedly invented
and will continue to create to produce new tones, harmonies and sounds.

Address

Museum Bellerive
Höschgasse 3
8008 Zürich
phone +41 43 446 44 69
http://www.museum-bellerive.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday - 8 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

As the home of the applied arts collection of the Zürich Museum of Design since 1968, Museum Bellerive has made an international name for itself as the leading Swiss museum of applied art - both in unique objects and limited series.

The Collection’s centres of emphasis include Art Nouveau works comprising all materials, as well as the department of textiles, art marionettes and modern ceramics.

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