Ethnological Research, No. 21, 2016.
Professional paper
The Weiser family of Zagreb and the forgotten ‘Amati tambura’ Ivan Weiser
Jadran Jeić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9416-6196
; National and University Library in Zagreb
Abstract
The work brings hitherto unknown history about the craft-musical family Weiser and her arrival from Silesia in Zagreb at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century. Three generations of prominent members are followed from the period of craft guilds related to the oldest representative joiner Antun Weiser Sr., through workshop history of the forgotten instrument and drum builder Ivan Weiser Sr., to the short musical career overview of the violinist Ludmilla Weiser. Along the unpublished biography of the Weiser family, the work brings new cognitions about tamboura as a traditional musical instrument which experienced metamorphosis and complete transformation from manufactured to a valuable craft product.
Keywords
Weiser, family; instruments-builders; tambouras; ethnomusicology; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
178987
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2016.
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