Die Drehleier

by Marianne Bröcker

This part of the website is an English translation of the definitive hurdy-gurdy reference book Die Drehleier (The Hurdy-gurdy), written by Marianne Bröcker. For general information about this translation please see the Index Page.

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Illustrations, page 13

121. Béla Bartók playing on the hurdy-gurdy

 

122. The hurdy-gurdy player Istvan Balla from Szentes, Hungary

 

123. Hurdy-gurdy from the 18th century

 

124. Hurdy-gurdy from the 18th century

 

125. Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy, built in 1937 by Kusmenko

126. Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy

 

127. Russian hurdy-gurdy

 

128. Russian hurdy-gurdy

 

129. Russian hurdy-gurdy

 

130. Russian hurdy-gurdy


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© Original text in German copyright 1977, Verlag für systematische Musikwissenschaft GmbH
© Translation copyright 2005, Olympic Musical Instruments and the Bröcker Tranlation Group