Charming animated image of a street musician and his cat. Street organ or barrel organ
Street organ or barrel organ
“I love to hear singing to a street organ,” said Raskolnikov, and his manner seemed strangely out of keeping with the subject–“I like it on cold, dark, damp autumn evenings–they must be damp–when all the passers-by have pale green, sickly faces, or better still when wet snow is falling straight down, when there’s no wind–you know what I mean?”. Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Called in Russia “Sharmanka”, the word came from the French Charmante Catherine – “Beautiful Catherine”, the name of one of the first songs performed on a mechanical device. Meanwhile the inventor of street organ was Italian master Barbieri. Originally, it was a small organ without a keyboard. Turning the knob, the organ-grinder could reproduce 6-8 melodies recorded on the platen.
Traditional Street organ or barrel organ in Uetersen City Festival 2009
However, in the Holland of the XV century, such instruments were a complex stationary structure, acting by means of hydraulics, weights or a winding mechanism. In the XVIII-XIX centuries used a variety of barrel organ in English churches, where hymns and psalms played. Nevertheless, we associate a barrel organ with a stray musicians with a portable instrument, with the rotation of the handle performing 6-8 melodies.
Street organ or barrel organ
a view from the court of the Hôtel Cluny, with two sides of the building and a tower, a man with a barrel organ and a dog in the foreground. 1839Retro photo – Organ Grinder With MonkeyArchive photo – An organ grinder with a monkeyAnders Bernhardt owned several performing monkeys and traveled to mostly country shows with them, accompanied by his wife Mary Kate. In his younger days Anders and is brother had a trellising boxing tentBacigalupo Flute Barrel OrganPisek town celebration celebration “Dotkni se Pisku” in 2011, Czech RepublicEnglandVienna, Austria.Liverpool 1975Photo of barrel organBundeskanzler Willy Brandt besucht das Laubenpieperfest in der Landesvertretung BerlinConcanen, Lee 19th centuryDrehorgel BauchorgelDrehorgel mit Stiftzylinder, 12 Melodien und 25 Tonstufen hergestellt um 1860 von den Gebrüdern Bruder in WaldkirchEntertainment for an organ-grinding ruffian. [Disturbing a street and frightening a servant girl into fits…] (1854-1869)Flashinetar on Karlove bridgeHenry William Bunbury 1785Hurdy gurdy or barrel organ player in the Zocalo Mexico CityToy monkey instead of living oneKey Frati Barrel Organ 1885L’orgue de barbarie. (1881-1890)London. Organ Grinder and DaughterAthensTorinoKansas statue of organ grinder1896 photo of Organ grinderWork by Russian artist Rostislav MironovArtist Rostislav Mironov. Materials – metal, steel, textiles, epoxylin, fimoOtto van der Mieden (the Netherlands) with his barrel organ and monkey1815, France. Pet Dog Plays With Spinning Wheel, 1815Sculpture by Rostislav Mironov. I just love his handmade works. Doll, handworkTraditional Street organ19 Sep 2009, Frankfurt, Germany. Organ grinderThe grand old tune. ‘Such Brooke’s are welcome to me’ (Merry Wives.) 1887Toy barrel organ, Sankyo, ca 1980. Plays melodies stored on a paper strip
