El órgano Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll de Usurbil después de un siglo

Campo Olaso, J. Sergio del

Publication year:

2008

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-4470

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Summary

This article sustains that the origins of Basque drum orchestras were possible due to the central role of drummers in community festivities and rituals in the 19th and 20th centuries. The central pages of the essay include a systematic critique on the theses by J.I. Iztueta. The text, finally, amends all of the premises that have been formulated on the so-called "drum revolution", proposing the implication of many factors, adjustments and adaptations of Basque sound and instrumental culture (txistus, whistles and drums) for the analysis of such changes, all within a prolonged period that goes from 1750 to 1914.