El txistu vasco, testimonio de ingenio

Aranburu Urtasun, Mikel

Publication year:

2010

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-859X

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Summary

The txistu as a musical instrument ensured its stability by means of its early ; municipalisation as a support and control instrument for having fun, for the dances of authorities and other public services. In the late 18th century, certain timely technical modifications and a new musical orientation that can be attributed to the illustration, placed it at the beginnings of its current artistic nature and social emplacement. One century later, urban fashion renounced to the txistu as an instrument for dances and placed it in folklore from which it was adopted as a symbol of collective identity. The txistu has enriched its musical essence and without losing any of its historical characteristics, it now confronts the new millennium by combining tradition and innovation.