Dord
Dords are Bronze Age horns from Ireland . A total of 104 dords of various lengths were found and could be dated to around 800 BC. To be dated. The purpose, the details of the production method (bronze casting) and the playing technique have not been handed down.
The longer specimens have a larger inner diameter compared to the lurs . They are therefore unsuitable for fanfare-like playing styles, as was initially assumed (use as “war horns” or “signal horns”).
By making comparisons with today's musical instruments, the British researcher Peter Holmes came up with the idea in 1971 to play dords with the blowing technique of the Australian didgeridoo . The resulting sound is soft and rich in overtones, so that it is now assumed that this comes closest to the blowing technique used. This suggests that the dord was used for musical purposes or as a ceremonial instrument.
At the end of the 1980s, the musician Simon O'Dwyer, in cooperation with the Irish Heritage Council, developed a method of structurally recreating Dords. Among other things, in the music group Reconciliation he was able to make the Dords accessible to a wider European audience (together with the Australian didgeridoo player Alan Dargin , Didgeridoo, Phil Conyngham, Didgeridoo, and his wife Maria Cullen, Bodhran ).
See also
literature
- Simon O'Dwyer: Prehistoric Music of Ireland (Revealing History) 2004 ISBN 0752431293
- Simon O'Dwyer, Maria C. Cullem O'Dwyer: Ancient Music and Instruments of Ireland and Britain : The story of a distinctive musical culture during the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Ages of North Western Europe. Harmonic flutes, horns, great Celtic trumpets 2015 ISBN 1514175371
Individual evidence
- ^ Simon O'Dwyer: Pre-Historic Music Ireland.