violin

photo: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw


Józef Zaraś, violin, Józef Kądziela, drum; rec. Andrzej Bieńkowski. Przysucha 1985; Music Lost&Found
Classification: 3 Chordophones / 32 Composite chordophones / 321 Lutes / 321.3 Handle lutes / 321.32 Necked lutes / 321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars / 321.322-71 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by bowing with a bow
Maker: Traczyk Henryk
Date: 1941
Village / Town: Radom
Region: Mazovia
Country: Poland
Owner: Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec
Inventory number: MS/524
Description: slightly different from the professional violin (wide body, f-holes without crosswise cuts)
Measurements: 600 x 103-222 x 36 mm
Materials: wood, metal
Inscriptions: a wooden tablet on the back plate says: Wykon. własne Traczyk Henryk 1941 Radom
Sound compass, tuning: in 5th, g – d' – a' – e''
Performance practice: a permanent component of folk bands
Catalog card by: MLIM / Zbigniew J. Przerembski


Off She Went to Reap Rye, a polka; The Band of Tadeusz Jedynak from Przystałowice Małe: Tadeusz Jedynak (b. 1924), violin, vocals, Jan Gaca (1933-2013), drum; rec. Kazimierz 1983; Sources of Polish Folk Music


Mazurka; Józef Zaraś (b. 1929, Nieznamierowice), violin, Stanisław Budzisz (b. 1917), drum; Sources of Polish Folk Music


Mazurka; Jan Babis (b. 1914, Bieliny), violin; rec. Płock 1977; Sources of Polish Folk Music


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