Lira korbowa – instrument, który łączy narody (rec.: Zbigniew Jerzy Przerembski. Lira korbowa w tradycji kulturowej Rzeczypospolitej, 2022)
The Hurdy-Gurdy – an Instrument that Unites Nations (rev.: Zbigniew Jerzy Przerembski. Lira korbowa w tradycji kulturowej Rzeczypospolitej [The Hurdy-Gurdy in the Cultural Traditions of Poland])

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses and reviews the long-awaited book by Zbigniew Jerzy Przerembski, Lira korbowa w tradycji kulturowej Rzeczypospolitej (The Hurdy-Gurdy in the Cultural Tradition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), published in 2022 by the Lublin-based publishing house Polihymnia. The work takes the form of an extensive, multifaceted monographic compendium: it presents the hurdy-gurdy through historical issues, cultural contexts (literature, visual arts, film), as well as repertorial and organological questions (the construction of the instrument and its contempo-rary manufacture). What we have received is an important monography of an instrument known in many European countries, one that was embedded in both the period of prosperity and the decline of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and is currently experiencing a renaissance.

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