Ever heard of a hurdy-gurdy? You may know it by many other names – vielle a roue, zanfona, or organistrum – as there is a version of this medieval instrument in ...

The city clerk has not had an application yet this year.” To be precise, the instrument carried about by these Italians—and ...

Christmas concerts are God’s gift to early music groups such as Piffaro (Philadelphia’s Renaissance wind band). Audience love taking refuge in holiday exuberance from what we imagine as a better, ...

Twenty-seven years ago, in search of a hurdy-gurdy master, Donald Heller wandered into a music shop in Budapest. There, he saw a beautiful maiden, an ancient-looking stringed instrument in her lap, ...

Something for nearly every taste can be heard in the coming days, from the hurdy-gurdy to the organ to the bagpipes to Gershwin. Musica Sacra: Soprano Linda Tsatsanis and lutist John Lenti perform ...

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Buley realized he was drawn to Baroque and Renaissance music, which piqued his interest in one of the period's most unique instruments: the hurdy-gurdy. The hurdy-gurdy is a six-stringed instrument, ...

On Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. at The Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia you will now be able to immerse yourself in the beauty of this unique instrument. This concert, featuring Noelle Beaudin & Max ...