To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

Dan Duggan won the National Hammer Dulcimer Championship in 1985 and became a fixture in Central New York's traditional music ...

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1. Introduction -- 2. Forerunners -- 3. The dulcimer's origins -- 4. The santur -- 5. The hackbrett -- 6. The Cimbalom family -- 7. The pantaleon -- 8. The salerio -- 9. The French psalterion and ...

As Benjamin Barker’s wooden hammers dance across the 125 strings of his dulcimer, classical melodies fill the sanctuary at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville. At the same time, his ...

Join the Aiken Community Theatre for an evening of music and entertainment with accomplished National Champion Hammer Dulcimer performer Matthew Dickerson on Friday, Oct. 13. With his unique and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Hammered dulcimer player Keith Prairie will perform at the Oasis of Music ...

This 3-CD set of 63 songs and instrumental pieces by the Boulanger sisters, Nadia (1887-1979) and Lili (1893-1918) really is a treasure-trove. It is claimed that it is the first “intégrale” of the ...