This part of the website is an English translation of the definitive hurdy-gurdy reference book Die Drehleier (The Hurdy-gurdy), written by Marianne Bröcker. For general information about this translation please see the Index Page.
This material is covered by copyright and may not be used without permission. Please see the Index Page for more information about distribution.
| Table of contents | Previous page | Next page | References | Figures |
1. French hurdy-gurdy player from Berry
2. Organistrum, as depicted in the St. Blasien Codex (13th cent.)
3. Organistrum from the Hortus deliciarum of Abbess Herrad von Landsberg (c. 1200)
4. Initial B miniature from an illuminated Bible (13th cent.)
5. Otto von Passau, The 24 Ancients (1448); detail
6. Angel with hurdy-gurdy, 2nd half of 15th cent.
7. Angel with hurdy-gurdy, late 15th cent.
8. Angel playing; miniature (c. 1380)
9. Angel playing (15th cent.)
10. Woodcut from the history of Emperor Karls Sohn Lothar (1514)
Please
contact us if you have comments or questions about
this page or other pages on this site.
Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments
© Original text in German copyright 1977, Verlag für systematische
Musikwissenschaft GmbH
© Translation copyright 2005, Olympic Musical Instruments
and the Bröcker Tranlation Group