The stringed drum and the 16th Century music

The present paper deals with a stringed drum depicted in an anonymous Catalan panel from the mid 16th century. The panel, coming from the church of Barruera(Boí valley), disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and we only have a black and white photography kept in the Institut Amatller d'Art H...

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Autor: Ballester i Gibert, Jordi|||0000-0002-6187-6925
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:237565
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/237565
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3989/anuariomusical.2011.66.122
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:String drum
One-hand flute
Iconography
Organology
Renaissance
Catalonia
Minstrel
Tambor de cuerdas
Flauta
Iconografía
Organología
Renacimiento
Cataluña
Ministril
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Sumario:The present paper deals with a stringed drum depicted in an anonymous Catalan panel from the mid 16th century. The panel, coming from the church of Barruera(Boí valley), disappeared during the Spanish Civil War and we only have a black and white photography kept in the Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic in Barcelona. Nevertheless, the study of this depiction shows several as-pects related to the instrument and its musical use. Some of these aspects allow us to deal with different hypothesis connecting the stringed drum with the performance practice: on the one hand the instrument appears in a courtly renaissance atmosphere, being played at a banquet; on the other hand the instrument appears not only accompanying the one-hand fl ute (as it can be seen in other depictions) but also making up a consort together with a fi ddle