Horniman Museum London
I've been recently at Horniman Museum in London, Forest Hill. There is a nice collection musical instruments around the world, very concentrated,
almost no place between one instrument and the other, but the museum as a whole is very nice, with gardens and lot of different exhibitions, and most
important....is free..
They have just one tunisian oud fm around the 60s not very well consrved, as rosette is decaying, and it seemed to me not an intersting instrument.
However they have a north african kwitra which says to be fm middle XIX century, extremely well conserved, like the one Jameels posted in previos
topic.
They also have lot of saz, baglamas, lutes fm central asia and fm japan and china like biwas and the like.
I could not saty longer to admire all the instruments as you know, in London, there is no time to do and see all you want, specially if you are with
childreens.
Sorry could not do any photo....out of battery!!!
But next time i will stay longer at this museum, it desserves the time you spent in.
Also i would like to know more on this tunisian oud and the north african kwitra.
I really recommend to any one in London to go, stay and admire.
Here is the link.
http://www.horniman.ac.uk/collections/chordophones.php
And also have a look at his info.
http://www.yobserver.com/cgi-bin/yobserver/exec/view.cgi/22/9797
Just give you some excerpts fm the article:
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"Paul Hughes Smith works for Cultural Co-operation, an independent arts charity that promotes cross-cultural contact, dialogue and understanding.
A British national, he recently visited Yemen to find a group of Sanani singers to participate in an upcoming music festival in UK. H
During his visit he had several meetings with experts in Sanani singing, including Dr.Jean Lambert, director of CEFAS, the French Centre for
Archaeology and Social Science. Lambert has done much to research and to help preserve Yemeni musical traditions.
With his help and that of Samir Mokrani, who is at present working on a UNESCO project at the Centre, a 'turbi' or qanbus, the Yemeni precursor to the
Arab oud, was specially built by Fuad al Quturi for the Horniman Museum in London.
This museum has one of the finest collections of musical instruments in the world. Adding an example of the 'turbi' to their collection was important
as it is an instrument in danger of dying out, as few contemporary musicians know how to play it anymore.
It will be delivered to the museum in May.
Smith added that he hoped to bring a group from Sana'a to this year's Music Village Festival entitled: "Salaam- A Celebration of Music & Arts
from the Islamic world."
He added that a musiciam could then give the first performance of the instrument at the museum.
The festival will run from June 28 – July16 in London, UK. Many free concerts will be held, including festival weekends in London's Kew Gardens,
Regents Park and Victoria Park. "We hope many from the Yemeni community will come and support a Yemeni group if it participates," Smith said.
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You londoners are very lucky people.......
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