CLEC DEPARTMENTAL LECTURES SERIES

THE SEVEN-NATIONS EXPERIENCE SERIES

 EXPLORING CELTIC AND REGIONAL IDENTITY IN WESTERN EUROPE

 

European Folk Revival, History, Musical Experimentation

 

 

some HURDY-GURDY Links

 

Patrick Bouffard's Hurdy-Gurdy, made in 1880 by Gilbert Nigout

 

A number of excellent hurdy-gurdy sites already exist on the web. Our list is by no means exhaustive. Its purpose is to help you begin your exploration of this fascinating instrument by directing you to a few site that have captured our attention.

Gilles Chabenat’s  state-of-the-art electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy, made by Denis Siorat

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT

 

·          Wikepedia hurdy-gurdy entry : general information on the instrument, its history, a few links

·          Olympic Instruments : US hurdy-gurdy luthiers with an excellent web-site devoted not only to their business ut also to the hurdy-gurdy in general; one of the best, if not the best, starting points for English speakers. Also features a hurdy-gurdy listserve.

 

Home page

General information on the hurdy-gurdy

Reference page on the hurdy-gurdy (discography, bibliography, etc.)

Their links

 

Selection of Hurdy-Gurdy Sounds on the Web

 

·          Valentin Clastrier video demo: excerpts from Valentin Clastrier’s hurdy-gurdy method; shows a Denis Siorat hurdy-gurdy of the same type as the one used by Gilles Chabenat (Ladraille web site)

·          German luthier Helmut Gotschy’s website (in German and English): sound samples available for each instrument made by Helmut; Helmut’s latest achievement is an electric hurdy-gurdy (Sirius model)

·          Radio show: Nataša Mirkovic-De Ro Matthias Loibner performance in Vienna (concert recorded by the local world-music radio-station emap.fm and still available via radio-on-demand). Presentation/discussions in German

·          Germán Díaz (in Spanish); contains on-line videos of some of Germán’s performances (go to “formaciones,” then “en solitario”)

·          Gilles Chabenat sample

·          Jose-Ramón Martinez’s home page

 

other selected sites

 

France/Belgium/Québec

 

·          Xavier Aimé’s personal website (in French and English)

·          Sons et couleurs: Ruprecht Niepold’s personal website (in French) ; information about traditional musical instruments, including the hurdy-gurdy; includes Chabenat sample (see above)

·          Québec folk musician and luthier Daniel Thonon’s personal website (in French and English). Daniel boasts having sold three of his hurdy-gurdies to the group Pink Floyd.

 

Germany/Austria

 

·          German hurdy-gurdy home page 

·          German links

·          Schandmaul (folk rock band; uses a hurdy-gurdy)

·          Adaro (German “medieval rock” group); Helmut Gotschy’s website for sound sample (Alpha Novello model).

·          Matthias Loibner video

·          Simon Wascher’s website

 

Spain

 

·          Spanish Hurdy-Gurdy Association (in Spanish)

·          FolkWorld article on the hurdy-gurdy in Spain (in English)

·          Luthier Leovigildo Santamaría’s web page on the hurdy-gurdy : includes a MIDI instrument and sound samples

·          Marc Egea’s website (in Spanish)

·          Rafa Martín’s website (in Spanish)

·          Jose-Ramón Martinez’s website (in Spanish) : sound background on the home page

·          SonDeSeu: orchestra with hurdy-gurdies (Spanish, Galician, English)

       

USA

 

·          Over-the-Water Hurdy-Gurdy Association: holds a festival annually

·          Matthew Szostak's Hurdy-Gurdy Page

 

 

 

 

                               

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