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Ancient Music in the Netherlands
The
Dutch Study Group on Music Archaeology (NWM) was set up in 1996 by Dr.
Martin van Schaik in order to participate in the international
research and discussion of music archaeology, and to contribute
to related questions in ancient music history. Because there is
no musicological department in the Netherlands that is dealing
with this field of study it is also the aim of the Study Group to
co-ordinate and to register Dutch activities. Since 1996 several Study Group contributions were made to international meetings, such as the 16th Congress of the International Musicological Society in London, 1997; 1st Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology at Monastery Michaelstein, Blankenburg (Germany), 18-24 May, 1998; 9th Meeting of the Study Group for Musical Iconography, Dion (Greece), 15-20 September 1998; the exhibition Mensen, Mythen en Muziek (‘People, Myths and Music’) about ancient Greek music, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, 1999; and the ‘ Terpander International Conference’, Skala Eressos, Lesbos (Greece), 24-26 August, 2000. (See Papers). Next contributions are scheduled to the 5th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology on ‘ Challenges and Objectives in Music Archaeology’ 19-23 September 2006, Ethnological Museum of Berlin. In
June 2005 also
a cooperation has been started between the department of Ur- und
Frühgeschichte of the University of Innsbruck and the Study
Group (NWM) in case of the decorated peg-arm of a stringed
musical
instrument (probably a harp) found at a recent excavation of Fritzens
(Austria). Actual
finds in the Netherlands regarding ancient music are scarce and
for the most part dating from the Roman Period A.D. and the
Middle Ages. As a result, the present Dutch field of research
(within and without the Study Group NWM) is not directed at the
finds in the Netherlands only, but is dealing with topics related
to historical aspects of other geographical regions as well: Musical
instruments in the Netherlands from the Roman Period and the
Middle Ages
Dr. Martin van Schaik Dutch Study Group on Music Archaeology, Utrecht. See my
bibliography.
Mrs. Annemies Tamboer - Collecting data on ancient and medieval musical instruments. See Opgedolven Klanken. Archeologische muziekinstrumenten van alle tijden. Zwolle 1999. Music in ancient Greece, particularly of the Cycladic and Minoan Cultures Dr. Martin van Schaik Dutch Study Group on Music Archaeology, Utrecht. See my
bibliography. Dance
in the ancient Greek world Prof. Dr. Frederick G. Naerebout See Imago Musicae
XVIII/XIX
(2001/02): 59-83. Assyrian
music and notation Drs. Theo Krispijn University of Leiden. For privacy reasons telephone numbers, e-mail and post addresses of the specialists are only available on request at the Dutch Study Group on Music Archaeology. More information concerning Ancient and Medieval Music in the Netherlands can be found in the Dutch Newsletter >> KLANKBORD << |
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Detail of a decorated Pan pipe. Found at the Waalsprong Building Excavation to the south of Nijmegen in 2001. Roman (1st century A.D.) |
Depiction of an Ice-Age flute of mammoth ivory found in a cave of Blaubeuren (Schwäbische Alp) in 2004. Württembergischen Landes- museum, Stuttgart (Ca. 35,000 B.C.)
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