Almpiferl

The Almpiferl is an Austrian folk musical instrument from the group of beak flutes , in terms of design and playing style comparable to a baroque treble recorder . The addition of the name Brucker Alumpfiferl refers to the town of Bruck an der Mur in Styria . In Styrian folk music, the alpine fiferl was popular from the 19th century to around 1930.

The soft, delicate and breathy tone resembles an Irish tin whistle . Only in the higher registers does the sound resemble a Schwegel whistle .

literature

• Hans Robitsch: News from the Brucker Alumpfiferln. In: Yearbook of the Austrian Folksong Work , Volume 6, 1957, pp. 149–153, Plate VIII, IX.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hugo Alker: The recorder . H. Geyer, 1962 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
2. ↑ flute . Austrian music lexicon online
3. ↑ Peter Thalheimer: Aspects of the history of the recorder in c '' '. In: Tibia , Volume 3, 1990, pp. 202-205, here p. 204