Swasche

Swasche , also swesche, swasher, sueschoour, suescher, swash, suesche or sivasche , was the late medieval name for a probably large marching drum in England and Scotland , which produced a deep sound and was used variously to attract attention for an upcoming event as well to accompany sporting activities and military parades.

The city chronicles of Basel mention the use of the drum and flute for 1332 ( Tabor and Schwegel ). A statement by King Henry VII of England in 1492 shows that large Swiss drums were being struck in England around this time. The settlement concerned 22 sweches grete tabors ( Middle English , "Swiss large drums") that were either imported from Switzerland or made by a Swiss drum maker in England. In the following years , the term sweche appeared frequently in English sources for a military drum. In Scotland this form of the cylinder drum was named swasche , based on a document from 1533, based on its country of origin .

Footnotes

↑ " The terms swasher, sueschoour, suescher and swash, suesche, and swesche, to mean drummer and drum respectively, are extracts from the records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, published by the Scottish Burgh Records Society covering the period 1528-1571 " - Ian Turnbull. "By Tuck of Drum" in World Military Bands, The Heritage of Military Bands , Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , n. d., Retrieved September 9, 2011. @1@ 2

↑ " It is thought that the entries in the records of Jedburgh clearly show that sivasche, or swesche, is a drum, not merely an alarm drum, but applied to the common drum of the town, for in some entries the drummer and piper are ordered to go through the burgh morning and night, and in others the word swascher is used to denote the drummer. The two words are synonymous. It will also be observed from the text that the instrument used in Jedburgh was struck ("rap of the swasche"), not sounded or blown. Mr. Pitcairn hesitates as to the meaning of the word "swascher," but if swasche be a drum, swascher must be the person who used it. All the royal burghs seem to have kept a swascher for warning the inhabitants, and the city of Edinburgh two, who appear also to have performed the additional duty of attending upon the Parliament when it met in Edinburgh ”—Alexander Jeffrey. 1857. The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and Adjacent Districts from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time . London: JF Hope. Vol. II, p. 190.

^ " In 1566 [in Aberdeen, Scotland], John Cowper received a pension of six merks a-year" for his service to be done to the towne in tyme cumming in playing upon the swesche [drum] as weill in tyme of war as in tyme of peace and sport, and play "—Gavin Turreff. 1859. Antiquarian gleanings from Aberdeenshire records . Aberdeen: George & Robert King. p. 68.

^ John H. Beck: Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge, New York 2007, p. 351

[1] " The terms swasher, sueschoour, suescher and swash, suesche, and swesche, to mean drummer and drum respectively, are extracts from the records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, published by the Scottish Burgh Records Society covering the period 1528-1571 " - Ian Turnbull. "By Tuck of Drum" in World Military Bands, The Heritage of Military Bands , Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , n. d., Retrieved September 9, 2011. @1@ 2

[2] " It is thought that the entries in the records of Jedburgh clearly show that sivasche, or swesche, is a drum, not merely an alarm drum, but applied to the common drum of the town, for in some entries the drummer and piper are ordered to go through the burgh morning and night, and in others the word swascher is used to denote the drummer. The two words are synonymous. It will also be observed from the text that the instrument used in Jedburgh was struck ("rap of the swasche"), not sounded or blown. Mr. Pitcairn hesitates as to the meaning of the word "swascher," but if swasche be a drum, swascher must be the person who used it. All the royal burghs seem to have kept a swascher for warning the inhabitants, and the city of Edinburgh two, who appear also to have performed the additional duty of attending upon the Parliament when it met in Edinburgh ”—Alexander Jeffrey. 1857. The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and Adjacent Districts from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time . London: JF Hope. Vol. II, p. 190.

[3] " In 1566 [in Aberdeen, Scotland], John Cowper received a pension of six merks a-year" for his service to be done to the towne in tyme cumming in playing upon the swesche [drum] as weill in tyme of war as in tyme of peace and sport, and play "—Gavin Turreff. 1859. Antiquarian gleanings from Aberdeenshire records . Aberdeen: George & Robert King. p. 68.

[4] John H. Beck: Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge, New York 2007, p. 351