Die Drehleier

by Marianne Bröcker

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Illustrations, page 21

201. French hurdy-gurdy player from Berry

 

202. French hurdy-gurdy (18th cent.) Capo for the trompette

 

203. French hurdy-gurdy (18th cent.) Capo for the trompette

 

204. Swedish nyckelharpa

 

205. Nyckelharpa player in Uppland, Sweden

 

206. Organized hurdy-gurdy. Description from the 18th century

 

207. French organized hurdy-gurdy (18th cent.)

 

208. French woman's hurdy-gurdy (18th cent.)

 

209. The so-called "harp-hurdy-gurdy" (18th cent.)

 

210. Hurdy-gurdy by H.V. Engelhard (1743)


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© Original text in German copyright 1977, Verlag für systematische Musikwissenschaft GmbH
© Translation copyright 2005, Olympic Musical Instruments and the Bröcker Tranlation Group