Thursday, March 1, 2012

Vibrating air - sounds and signals
















1. Michelangelo Pistoletto - performance view of "Le Trombe del Giudizio (The Trumpets of Justice)," Rome (1968). (Pictured: Michelangelo Pistoletto and Maria Poppi).

2. Egypt - Player of large arghul (Arghoul al-Kebir).

3. Syria - Player of Zamr (conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey).

4. Zurla player (Yugoslavia).

5. Mismar player, Egypt.

6. Surnai player - Bombay.

7. Colombia - a notched flute made of animal bone.

8. Ethiopia - washint player.

9. Alphorn signal for spring - The "tulnic" is a variety of alphorn favoured by young women in western Transylvania.

10. Town crier blowing his small trumpet (Trumbitta da banditore) - Orani, Sardinia, 1958. (photo: Bavagnoli).

11. Kudu horn player, Chad.

12. Two ivory horns adorned with human jaw-bones (Benin. Ahwangbla Voodoo Orchestra).

13. Surle (zurla) players - Prizren, Kosovo (photo by Nico Staiti).

14. Musicians playing the karnay (long trumpets) in a Kyrgyz wedding celebrations. Early twentieth century photo (Le Vie d'Italia).

15. Suona player (Nanchang).
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10 comments:

  1. JanasMarch 1, 2012 at 1:27 AM

    Various scans sources.
    Some of these images are scanned from the books:
    Alexander Buchner - Encyclopédie des instruments de musique, 1980.
    Instruments de Musique du Monde - Editions de la Martiniére, 2000.

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  2. MiguelMarch 1, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    Oh how I wish we could listen to the pictures too : )

    thank you!

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  3. JanasMarch 1, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Ciao Miguel! Welcome back and thanks for the comment.

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  4. .April 7, 2012 at 2:17 PM

    What a beautiful group of pictures. The evocation they rise has me wondering trying to look for the sounds.
    So sad SFRP is gone. I wish someday you could post music again.
    Greetings from Chile.
    José

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  5. JanasApril 7, 2012 at 10:45 PM

    Hello dear José, thanks for the comment. Fortunately there is a lot of good music shared on blogs.
    I wish you a Happy Easter!
    Janas.

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  6. PabloPiccoxNovember 6, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    Hi there!!!

    Sorry to bother.. but i think i will make a t-shirt with "Alphorn signal for spring" .... could you re-scan it??? sorry if i am a pain in the ass!!!!!

    :-)
    is it possible???

    cheers from argentina!

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  7. PabloPiccoxNovember 6, 2012 at 6:17 PM

    Also.. could you tell me where is this from and from where have you taken this??? cheees and thanks!

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  8. JanasNovember 7, 2012 at 8:04 AM

    Hello, Pablo! Welcome on Chaudron.

    This is the image source:
    Rumanian Songs and Dances

    Cheers,
    Janas.

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  9. PabloPiccoxNovember 7, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    thanks! but i can`t download it... is it very big??

    thanks again for your help!

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  10. JanasNovember 7, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    The pdf file is only 6,30 MB.
    To save the file, just right-click and select 'save target as'

    Saludos,
    Janas.


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