Boat lutes in the Visayas and Luzon traces of a lost tradition

The Spanish guitar is the most popular instrument in the Philippines today. But centuries before the arrival of the Spaniards it already had Asian prototypes on the numerous islands of the archipelago: long-necked lutes in many regional variations. This can be assumed on one hand from the wide varie...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Musika Jornal Vol. 8 (2012), 2-103
Main Author: Brandeis, Hans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
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