Gusla

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Magyar

Description

One stringed, horse heade gusla. Slit leather membrane cover. On the neck of the instrument there is a Cyrillic Njegoš inscription, and below it is a portrait with a carving on which visible Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, who was a Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher.

Measurements

Lenght: 76 cm; Widht: 17 cm; Dept: 6 cm;

Literature

Brauer-Benke József (2014): A népi hangszerek története és tipológiája. Budapest

Object from: Museum of Music History

- Since its foundation in 1969, the Institute of Music of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Sciences has been collecting objects related to the...

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[Last update: 2023/10/24]

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