Re: bodhran
Ole Bull (or John Dwyer)
I am certainly no expert on this particular percussion instrument, (my specialty being violin/fiddle), but , while browsing the internet I came across an interesting painting from 1801, Quebec, depicting a dance, to fiddle music, and including what looks very much like a bodhran, though referred to as a "tamboreen". The painting is by George Heriot (1759-1839). If I were more computer-literate, I would post the painting directly (maybe someone else can do that). The website is www.lewis-clark.org/content-article that is probably too long - I just google Cruzatte's fiddling. Cruzatte was a fiddler on the Lewis and Clark expedition a couple of years later than this painting. You can also scroll down, and click onto "That Tamboreen" for some more info.. it does, indeed, look like a bodhran, but, again, I'm no expert on that. Ignore the info on violin chinrest - it is not accurate, and not pictured correctly (in the supplementary text) - the violins in the painting have no chin rests. The painting is entitled "Dance in the Chateau St Louis Quebec "- George Heriot (1759-1839), and is easier to find by googling "Cruzatte's fiddlin', than by the link above. For another illustration , a detail from an 1842 painting of a flautist and bodhran/tambourine player, try www.bfs.org.uk - for an article entitled "1st Bodhran Was A Tambourine" - or google "tambourine without jingles" to see the painting.
Ole Bull (or John Dwyer)
I am certainly no expert on this particular percussion instrument, (my specialty being violin/fiddle), but , while browsing the internet I came across an interesting painting from 1801, Quebec, depicting a dance, to fiddle music, and including what looks very much like a bodhran, though referred to as a "tamboreen". The painting is by George Heriot (1759-1839). If I were more computer-literate, I would post the painting directly (maybe someone else can do that). The website is www.lewis-clark.org/content-article that is probably too long - I just google Cruzatte's fiddling. Cruzatte was a fiddler on the Lewis and Clark expedition a couple of years later than this painting. You can also scroll down, and click onto "That Tamboreen" for some more info.. it does, indeed, look like a bodhran, but, again, I'm no expert on that. Ignore the info on violin chinrest - it is not accurate, and not pictured correctly (in the supplementary text) - the violins in the painting have no chin rests. The painting is entitled "Dance in the Chateau St Louis Quebec "- George Heriot (1759-1839), and is easier to find by googling "Cruzatte's fiddlin', than by the link above. For another illustration , a detail from an 1842 painting of a flautist and bodhran/tambourine player, try www.bfs.org.uk - for an article entitled "1st Bodhran Was A Tambourine" - or google "tambourine without jingles" to see the painting.
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