Chirimia

This article is about the primitive oboe. For the fipple flute played with a drum, see Tabor pipe. For the Afro-Colombian musical genre, see Chirimia (musical genre).

Chirimía

Chirimía (Spanish) (sometimes chirisuya in Peru^[1]) is a Spanish term for a type of oboe, and in English is used to refer to various primitive oboes found in Latin America, based on instruments introduced during Spanish colonization.^[2]

Distribution

Usage of the chirimia varies widely across Latin America and Iberia, with the instrument being extinct in some areas, but a living tradition in others.

Extinct

• Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas: disappeared by the mid-19th century.^[3]

References

1. ^ Dale Alan Olsen; Daniel Edward Sheehy (2008). The Garland handbook of Latin American music. Psychology Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 9780415961011. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZcnaOLeLegMC&pg=PA47. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
2. ^ Charles McNett. The Chirimia: a Latin American Shawm. Galpin Society. 1960.
3. ^ Cathy Ragland (28 May 2009). Música norteña: Mexican migrants creating a nation between nations. Temple University Press. pp. 46–. ISBN 9781592137473. http://books.google.com/books?id=8U_K4-rBbGkC&pg=PA46. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 

Further reading

• International Double Reed Society (2008). The double reed. International Double Reed Society. http://books.google.com/books?id=pGUJAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 

External links

• Video - Mexican chirimía oboe

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