Instrumentos Tradicionales Ibéricos Iberian Folk Instruments
LINKS - BIBLIOGRAPHY

There is a series here of links to my favorite web sites related with the instruments, the folk music, artisans, musicians, etc... there are too a bibliography selection. In the Spanish version of the web there are more links.
Folk Instruments  -  Folk Music  -  Others  -  Bibliografy

Folk Instruments:

 

     IBERIAN PENINSULA

 

 

 1.-http://anas.worldonline.es/errenieg/hasiera2.htm Very good web about the Gaita Navarra (pipe), made by the Navarrese Folk group HIRUDUNA GAITARI TALDEA. Includes scores for this instrument.

 2.-http://web.jet.es/gaita.navarra/ Another web about the Gaita Navarra (pipe).

 3.-http://www.girona.intercom.es/ccf/lagralla.htm Web page about the catalonian Gralla (pipe).

 4.-http://members.es.tripod.de/Aqueron/index.htm Web page on the different Spanish Bagpipes and Pipes. Very good.

 5.-http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/hobb.html Another web about the  Bagpipes.

 6.-http://etnocat.readysoft.es/carrutxa/sac/index.htm Web about the Sac de Gemecs, the Catalonian bagpipe.

 7.-http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/6414/index.htm All about the Rabel (folk rebec).

 8.-http://www.txistulari.com/ "Euskal Herriko Txistulari Elkartea". Portal dedicated to the Basque Txistu (three holes pipe).

 9.-http://txistuaz.hypermart.net/ Another page about the Txistu (three holes pipe).

10.-http://www.asturies.org/viesca/gaita Web about the Asturian Bagpipe.

11.-http://www.terravista.pt/Guincho/1072/index.html Portuguese folk instruments.

12.-http://www.collatorrent.com Web about the Dolçaina Valenciana (pipe).

13.-http://personal5.iddeo.es/ret007ei/reolid/p-aiz.htm Web page of the Iberian Hurdy-gurdie Association.

14.-http://www.juliopereira.pt/paginapr.html Julio Pereira's Web, a very pretty page about stringed Portuguese instruments.

15.-http://www.terravista.pt/mussulo/2692/ Web page about the Bandolim, the Portuguese mandolin.

16.-http://members.es.tripod.de/salmantice/instru_tradi.htm Web page about the Salamanquese Folk Instruments, made by the ethnographic association SALMANTICES.

17.-http://www.basquearts.com/culture/ Web about the Basque country folk instruments.

18.-http://flabiol.trad.org/ Web on the Catalonian Flabiol (pipe).

19.-http://www.terra.es/personal2/sanabresa/Principal2.htm Web page about the Gaita Sanabresa (a castilian bagpipe).

20.-http://www.terra.es/personal/folias55/default.htm Information about the Timple (as an ukelele), las Chácaras (big castanets) y los Tambores (tabors) from Canary Islands.

21.-http://www.dicoruna.es/artesania/artesanos/instrumentos_musicais/galegos/trad_galegos.htm Web page about Galician instruments and a list of instruments makers.

 

 

     OTHER COUNTRIES

 

 

1.-http://www.taborers.co.uk/index.html "The taborer´s page".

2.-http://personal5.iddeo.es/ret007ei/reolid/index.htm Web page from the  Instruments maker Jesús Reolid.

3.-http://www.mimf.com/ Musical Instrument Makers Forum (MIMF)

4.-http://www.multimania.com/cbrass/ Instruments de Musique Du Moyen Age. Very good page about the mediaeval instruments.

5.-http://www.tongang.se/liraman/  Folk Swedish instruments.

6.-http://www.solnet.it/strumusipopol/index.htm  Museo Cultura e Musica Popolare dei Peloritani ,from Italy. Very good photos.

7.-http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html Musical Instruments Encyclopaedia, from Michigan University.

8.-http://www.dervall.com/per/eng/ Web about the Säckpipa or Swedish bagpipes. Information for to build the instrument and midi archives.

9.-http://www.banrep.gov.co/blaavirtual/letra-i/instrument/colinst.htm Virtual Museum about the Instruments from Colombia

10.-http://168.83.21.37/olimpi98/Chiwolla/inst3.htm#ins m Web page about the Indigenous folk instruments from Argentina.

11.-http://fundef.ivic.ve/fundef/inicio/instr.html Web Page about the Folk instruments from South America and Caribbean countries.

12.-http://www.hurdygurdy.com/ The Hurdy-gurdie portal.

13.-http://www.hotpipes.com/  A lot of good information about the European Bagpipes.

 

 

Folk Music:

 

1.-http://www.arafolk.net The Aragonese Folk Music Web page.

2.-http://www.arrakis.es/~josugp/folk.htm Spanish Folk resources in the web

3.-http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Stage/2644/  Webpage about the Iberian Folk music. Very good.

4.-http://personal.redestb.es/lamusgana/ The Web page of the best Iberian Folk group: La Musgaña

5.-http://www.luisdelgado.net/  Luis Delgado's web, multiinstrumentist especialized in mediaeval, arabic and oriental music.

6.-http://www.castillayleon.com/pacodiez Web of Paco Díez y La Bazanca, another good Iberian music Folk group.

7.-http://www.musicanostra.com Web from various Balearic groups: Músicanostra, Xeremiers de Sa Calatrava y Pep Toni. It have old photos of old folk musicians.

8.-http://www.cuartetoassai.com/principal.html Web of the Plectrum Quartet Assai. Lots of links on stringed instruments around the world.

 

 

Others:

 

1.-http://www.funjdiaz.net/ Web of the Joaquín Díaz Foundation, dedicated to the study of the Spanish folk culture.

2.-http://www.redactiva.es/trebede/castellano/index.htm Web page of Trébede, a Spanish National Radio program about folk music.

3.-http://www.worldmusicportal.com  The Worldmusic Portal. Lots and lots of information about the worldmusic.

4.-http://www.solblau.net/laporra/index.htm A Catalonian On line magazine on Traditional Culture.

5.-http://www.guiaaragon.com/gaiteros/  Another  On line magazine from the Aragonese Pipers Association.

 

Bibliografy:

 

-"La Gaita y el Tamboril", de Alberto Jambrina y José Manuel Cid Cebrián. Centro de Cultura Tradicional, Diputación de Salamanca. 1989. Book that study the Iberian Pipe and Tabor.

-"Mapa de Instrumentos Populares en Castilla y León", de Luis Angel Payno y Lydia Zarceño. Temas didácticos: Serie documental. Centro Etnográfico de Documentación. Diputación de Valladolid. 1987. Booklet and Map on Castilian and León folk instruments.

-"Instrumentos Musicales de construcción sencilla", de Luis Angel Payno. Temas didácticos de Cultura Tradicional. Centro Etnográfico de Documentación. Diputación de Valladolid. 1987. Booklet about central Spain Folk instruments building.

-"Museo de Instrumentos",  Multimedia CD-ROM edited by the Joaquín Díaz Foundation and the Junta de Castilla y León in 1999. 

-"Los instrumentos musicales en el mundo", de François-René Tranchefort. Alianza Música nº 20, de Alianza Editorial. Madrid, 1994. 

-"Musical Instruments of the World", Diagram Visual Information Ltd. Paddington Press. London, 1976. A very good book.

 

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