Hello Simon et al,
These were reprinted in Symphonia (I think that's what it was
called), the British Hurdy Gurdy Society Journal. In the, Page
presents and analyses some dubious evidence for an Arabic instrument
that prefigured the European version. I asked once asked Dr. George
Sawa, an expert in early Arabic music, about this. He just laughed
and wiggled his eyebrows... And said that he had heard nothing about
it.
If I was home, I might be able to find it and scan it for you all.
If no one turns it up by the new year, remind me.
All the best,
ben
On 22 Nov, 02006, at 8:53 am, Simon Wascher wrote:
Hello,
Am 22.11.2006 um 16:11 schrieb Eaton Mike:
Have you read the article written by Christopher Page on the
origins of the
hurdy-gurdy? In it he postulates that it developed in central Europe
no, I've heared about it, but I do not know it.
I suppose its this:
# Page, Christopher: The Medieval Organistrum and Symphonia - 1: A
Legacy from the East? In: Galpin Society Journal März 1982, S. 37-44.
# Page, Christopher: The Medieval Organistrum and Symphonia - 2:
Terminology In: Galpin Society Journal März 1983, S. 71-87.
I'll try to read it in the library of the universitie's institute
of musicology. It seems they've got it.
Simon
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