In Ukraine, there has been a revival of sorts, with the re-establishment of the kobzar guild (which was destroyed by Stalin), which encourages (among other things) construction of historic instruments using historic techniques. Bandura/kobza is the most popular instrument there, but lira is main focus as well. Some websites for the incurably curious.... The last one is in Ukrainian, but is the website of the Kyiv Kobzar Guild itself - the epicenter of all things lira. http://www.sparinsky.kiev.ua/spring/instr.htm http://home.att.net/~bandura.ca/VMfolkBook/fricative.html http://www.ceh.org.ua/lira.htm
Orest -- Simon Wascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Am 11.12.2007 um 02:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Is that a lyra ? I would say yes , it looks like the > instruments used by > russian and ukranian " lynikis " from old photos . > May I remind you that most lirnikis died in the Stalin period . at least in poland this would be called a lira. "Lira" or "Lira korbowa" is the polish word for hurdy-gurdy. Doing a websearch I got hold of some 30 polish musicans whose playing the Lira korbowa on stage was announced via internet. As there are also least three makers today in poland today and one in the US making the "Lira korbowa", it seems not to be a vanished species. I would bet doing such a research on Belarus, Ukrainian and Russian websites would bring up many more hits but as I am not firm with cyrillic letters it would be a rather difficult task for me. One of the polish makers, StanisÅaw Nogaj, states on his website: "OkreÅlenie lira korbowa jest terminem instrumentologicznym. W Polsce nazywano ten instrument tradycyjnie lirÄ , lirÄ krÄconÄ , dziadowskÄ , żebraczÄ , wiejskÄ ". I think one can understand the meaning without translation, but maybe there is a polish speaker on the list who can prove this by translating it. On polish websites the word is used also to name hurdy-gurdies from abroad or from certain regions in Poland: "Lira ukraiÅska", "Lira hiszpaÅska", "Lira francuska", "lira wÄgierska" - from WÄgiersk kind regards, Simon --- have a look at: http://hurdygurdywiki.wiki-site.com http://drehleierwiki.wiki-site.com --- my site: http://simonwascher.info _____________________________________________________________ Need cash? Click to get a loan. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mKiviL8Qei49VM2tZsBhw70DixqO7XG2CwGYv9LfKCzYtj2/
