The World on a String
Stringed Instruments through World History--and vice versa
Thursday, December 25, 2008
How the Guitar Saved Christmas?
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It's the 190th anniversary of the first performance of Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) in Obendorf, Austria, 1818. According ...
Monday, December 15, 2008
Pipa player from the walls of a Qizil cave temple
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In many ways, this image sums up what I am trying to do with this blog (and in the book I'm working on). The pipa is a short-necked bo...
Vibrating strings
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Throughout history, billions of strings have been plucked, bowed or hammered on citarras, pandouras, violins, pipas, biwas, đàn tỳ bàs, ba...
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