Remember the recorder? It’s that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that’s often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

An alto recorder, a tenor recorder and a bass recorder." (The recorder that kids play in school is actually the soprano version.) One major fan of the recorder in its Renaissance reign? Henry VIII.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the first time in decades, Yiddish and German songs sung by Holocaust victims can be heard, ...