Soprano ‘Duytse Schalmey’ (Shawm)

Richard Haka, c. 1680

The origins of double reed instruments lie in the mists of time. Widely used between the 15th and 17th centuries, the shawm was the predecessor of the oboe. Mostly played in dance and ceremonial music, shawms were appreciated for their loud and warm tone.

  • Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe, shawm, shawm
  • Object numberBK-NM-11430-83
  • Dimensionslength 619.5 mm, diameter 80 mm
  • Physical characteristicsbuxushout en messing

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Soprano 'Duytse Schalmey'
    • Soprano ‘Duytse Schalmey’ (Shawm)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-11430-83

  • Description

    Soprano Duytse Schalmey in two parts with fontanelle, made of boxwood with brass rings.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • mark, between holes 3 and 4, stamped: ‘R.HAKA’ R.HAKA [in a scroll]/ [fleur-de-lis]
    • mark, above hole 1 and under hole 6, stamped: [single fleurs-de-lis]

Creation

  • Creation

    musical instrument maker: Richard Haka, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1680

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    buxushout en messing

  • Dimensions

    • length 619.5 mm
    • diameter 80 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1899

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118
    • Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 95-96, 123, fig. 2
    • Jan Bouterse, 'The Woodwind Instruments of Richard Haka (1645/6-1705)', From Renaissance to Baroque: Change in Instruments and Instrumental Music in the Seventeenth Century, ed. by Jonathan Wainwright and Peter Holman, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, p. 63-72: 68
    • Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 42 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101
    • Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Makers of Double Reed Instruments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries', The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 24 (1996), p. 77-88: 83
    • Bruce Haynes, 'Sweeter than Hautbois: Towards a Conception of the Schalmey of the Baroque Period', Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 26 (2000), p. 57–82: 65, afb. 2
    • Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 183
    • 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48-49: 48
    • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2
    • Jan Bouterse, 'The Deutsche Schalmeien of Richard Haka', Jounal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), p. 61-94: 65-66, 71-72, 79-81

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