Rabab & Rebec
The rabab and rebec – two instruments whose body is covered with an animal skin – were among the most important string instruments from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Factsheet
- Lead school Bern Academy of the Arts
- Institute(s) Institute Interpretation
- Research unit(s) Musical Instruments
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2023
- Project management Dr. Thomas Gartmann
- Head of project Thilo Hirsch
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Project staff
Marina Haiduk
Prof. Dr. Anne Krauter Kellein -
Partner
Ensemble Arcimboldo
Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen
Geigenbauatelier Schürch
Institut für musikalische Akustik Wien
Institute de recherche en musicologie IReMus
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schule für Holzbildhauerei Brienz
Universität Bern
Situation
Similar instruments are still played in Morocco today. A critical, interdisciplinary analysis of the extant historical sources can enable us to draw conclusions about their construction, playing techniques, acoustic properties, repertoire and cultural context. All these elements will then be compared with new ethnomusicological sources from Morocco. The findings thereby made can help us to reconstruct the instruments and test them in a practical situation.
