by mreichstadt | Nov 26, 2023 | Extra-européens-en
RAVANAHATHA (Ravanhattha) India 20th century. Rajasthan, Gujarat. Known and described for nearly fifteen centuries, the ravanahatha is represented in Indian mythology as the first bowed instrument, dating from 3000 years before our era… It is made up of a...
by mreichstadt | Nov 26, 2023 | Extra-européens-en
SAROD India 19th – 20th century. Directly derived from the Afghan Rabab, the sarod characterizes the dual principle of adoption and adaptation of an object (here a musical instrument), transmitted from one society to another. Brought by Pashtun immigrants...
by mreichstadt | Nov 26, 2023 | Extra-européens-en
DILRUBA India 19th – 20th century. This fiddle, whose construction and playing are between the sarangi and the sitar, was described in the 19th century under the name of Kamancha, then subsequently, the name of Dilruba “which delights the heart” would...
by mreichstadt | Nov 26, 2023 | Extra-européens-en
RABAB Afghanistan 19th – 20th century. The instrument is hollowed out of a block of mulberry forming the body and the handle. The fingerboard and pegbox, also in mulberry, are glued during assembly. Eleven sympathetic strings stretched across the side of...
by mreichstadt | Nov 26, 2023 | Extra-européens-en
SARANGI India, Rajasthan, 19th century. Monoxyl mulberry fiddle on which a green-tinted sheepskin is glued. (copper oxide?) Eleven wooden pegs arranged along the fingerboard to tighten the sympathetic strings. Four pegs for the melody strings. Bow made of wood,...
