April 2010

The World’s First Global Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix, Arizona

Some days ago the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix has opened. This museum shows musical instruments from almost all countries of the world. I have first heard about this museum from a newspaper article in the New York Times which includes some fotos and a slide show with some instruments from the museum: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/design/24museum.html Although […]

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Roots of American Fiddle Music – A Great Archive of Oldtime and Country Music

I am just listening to examples from a site dedicated to American Oldtime Music: ROOTS OF AMERICAN FIDDLE MUSIC – Old Time Music Recordings, Photos, And Information http://www.1001tunes.com/ On this homepage you can read: Early recorded country music of the 1920’s and 1930’s, particulary of the southeastern states, is what is commonly referred to as

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Anglo Saxon Lyre / Germanic Lyre

One of the oldest musical instruments is the lyre. This instrument is well known as the Anglo Saxon Lyre in the UK, but also as the Germanic lyre. In German it is also known as the Alemannische Leier or Alamannische Leier. On the homepage of Paul Bultler (http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/aslyre.html) you can read: The Anglo-Saxon Lyre is

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Renato Carosone – Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano – Piccolissima Serenata – With Raf Montrasio on Mandolin

Renato Carosone was a famous Italian singer. The first song that I heard was Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano – a typical boogie woogie song of the 50s. In this song Raf Montrasio played a fantastic American style mandolin solo on a typical Italian bowlback mandolin. Renato Carosone (3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was

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