10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANGSPIL»
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langspil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Encyclopedia of Icelandic Music
The langspil (alternately spelled langspiel) is a type of bowed dulcimer native to
Iceland. While old folk music has gained more popularity in recent years, more
and more people are able to play this instrument. Since it only has 2 to 3 strings it
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3
Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford
... several closely allied instruments are traditional to northern Europe — the
Swedish hummel, the Norwegian langeleik, the Icelandic langspil, the German
sheitholt, and the French epinette des Vosges— though the dulcimer does not
exactly ...
4
The Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages: Their Evolution ...
This statement involuntarily forces the question whether the Langspil in Iceland
was always associated with the bow or whether, as in all other places, the strings
were originally made to sound either with the fingers or a plectrum.
Hortense Panum, Jeffrey Pulver,
1939
TRADITIONAL MUSIC Until rock and roll arrived in the 20th century, Iceland was
a land practically devoid of musical instruments. The Vikings brought the fiðla
and the langspil with them from Scandinavia – both a kind of two-stringed box
that ...
Lonely Planet, Fran Parnell, Brandon Presser,
2010
6
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Africa ; ...
The other traditional instrument, the langspil, is also a bowed zither, usually with
two to six strings (originally horsehair, later gut or wire) strung over a narrow,
rectangular, box-shaped sound chamber, which has a sound hole at the lower
end, ...
7
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
See also Langspil, Hummel. Langsam [Ger.]. Slow; langsamer, slower; sehr lang-
Nam, very slow. Langspil [Icel.]. A bowed *zither of Iceland; similar in form to the *
langleik, but played on the lap with a curved bow. Laos. See Southeast Asia IV.
8
World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
... heroic ballad-poetry, the sagas. These were passed down orally for many
centuries, but with Christianity came literacy, and Langspil player, 1835 they
began to be written down as 168 Iceland Iceland: waiting for the thaw Andrew
Cronshaw.
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo,
1999
9
A Short History of Icelandic Music to the Beginning of the ...
Two instruments are known to have been somewhat popular in Iceland during
the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century: the
Icelandic f i6la (fiddle) and the langspil , both of which were bowed string
instruments.
Hjálmar Helgi Ragnarsson,
198
On the 650 aurar stamp we see the "langspil", an old Icelandic six- stringed
instrument. It is a national instrument, long used as an accompaniment for
singers. First mentioned in sources dating around 1700, it was in use until the
end of the last ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANGSPIL»
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langspil is used in the context of the following news items.
The Liverpool Of The North
... Sugarcubes Einar Melax explains that there weren't many instruments in Iceland apart from the traditional 'langspil' before the 20th century. «Reykjavík Grapevine, Jul 14»
New Noise: Alba, Black Cab, Kate Carr, Lo Tide
... guitar and traditional Icelandic instrument the langspil. Writes Carr: “In Iceland, spring is when the ice starts to melt, only to be refrozen under ... «Mess+Noise, Sep 13»
Folk girl Jackie Oates Waking up to lullabies
She also experiments with the langspil — a three-stringed lap fiddle from Iceland. When not performing on her own, Jackie plays with folk ... «The Oxford Times, Apr 13»