Musical instrument museum Lißberg
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| place | Schlossgasse 17, Ortenberg-Lißberg 
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| opening | April 8, 1990 |
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Friends of the museum
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-707513 |
The Musikinstrumentenmuseum Lißberg is a museum in Lißberg , a district of Ortenberg in the Hessian Wetteraukreis . A large part of the collection consists of hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes from different countries. It houses several centuries-old pieces, including an old Nuremberg violin factory .
collection
The musical instruments are arranged according to instrument families. The stages of development of the various instruments are shown, with sound examples supporting the explanation. Visitors can try out musical instruments for themselves on a replica of the Renaissance music table.
One focus of the museum is the large collection of drone instruments , which includes around 170 hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes. The hurdy-gurdy hurdy-gurdy comes from Sweden and some Eastern European countries, including Russia . The bagpipes come not only from Scotland , but also from Germany , Poland , Italy , Spain and North Africa, including Egypt . A valuable bagpipe from the collection is a musette de cour by the French composer Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782).
One of the masterpieces is the “Nürnbergisch Geigenwerk”, produced by Hans Heyden in 1575 , a harpsichord-shaped instrument that contains five hurdy-gurdy hurdy-gurdy hurdy-gurdy with a piano keyboard inside. Other valuable pieces are a Bassanello from 1600, which was already described by Michael Praetorius , a Dulzaina of Spanish origin, a tartölt from the Renaissance of German origin and an organ egg , which consists of the combination of a hurdy-gurdy with a small organ. Among the anthropological pieces there is a flute of Tibetan origin made from a human bone.
history
The museum is located in a school building next to the church in the Lißberg district. It was opened in 1990 for the 50th anniversary of the Frankfurt hurdy-gurdy maker Kurt Reichmann . The focus is on the development of musical instruments since the composer Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), especially his work Syntagma musicum (1619).
Web links
- Homepage of the museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
- Music in the museum - excursion reports. In: University of Frankfurt. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
- Historical musical instruments in the Lißberg Museum. (Audio, 4:42 min.) In: hr2. March 21, 2019, accessed May 11, 2019 .
- A unique collection of hurdy gurgles. In: TourismusRegion Wetterau. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friends' Association. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Musikinstrumentenmuseum Lißberg. In: museums in hesse. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .