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Soprano Shawm (Duytse Schalmey)
Richard Haka, c. 1680
Music has always been a crucial element of public celebrations, such as military parades, coronations, royal weddings, and funerals, adding grandeur to the solemnity of the occasion. Musical ensembles entrusted with performing music at these events have existed in Europe since the Middle Ages. This display highlights various marching bands and their musical instruments dating from the 16th to the 19th century.
- Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, oboe, shawm
- Object numberBK-NM-11430-82
- Dimensionsdiameter 90 mm, length 619.3 mm
- Physical characteristicsbuxus, messing en zilver
Identification
Title(s)
Soprano 'Duytse Schalmey'
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-11430-82
Description
Soprano duytse schalmey van bruin buxushout met messing randen. De pirouetten en de bekerpinnen zijn verloren gegaan. Gemarkeerd tussen het derde en vierde gat: R. HAKA [in een rol met een lelie].
Inscriptions / marks
mark, between holes 3 and 4, stamped: R.HAKA [in a scroll ]/ [fleur-de-lis]
Catalogue reference
- Bruce Haynes, 'Lully and the Rise of the Oboe as Seen in Works of Art', Early Music 16, nr. 3 (Aug., 1988), p. 324-338: 333, afb. 22
- 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
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 95-96, 122, fig. 2
- 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48-49: 48
- 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, 86
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XV
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 180, 183, afb. 4
- Jan Bouterse, 'The Deutsche Schalmeien of Richard Haka', Jounal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), p. 61-94: 65-66, 71-72, 78-81, 84, 90, afb. 10
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 117, plate 4
- Giovanni Paolo di Stefano, 'Music Parade: a new display at the Rijksmuseum', CIMCIM Bulletin (Apr., 2020), p. 30-33: 32
- Jan Bouterse, 'Making woodwind instruments: 10 Double reed instruments', Fomrhi Quarterly 139 (Dic., 2017), Comm. 2077
- 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
- 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
Creation
Creation
musical instrument maker: Richard Haka, Amsterdam
Dating
c. 1680
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Material and technique
Physical description
buxus, messing en zilver
Material
Dimensions
- diameter 90 mm
- length 619.3 mm
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis
Copyright
Documentation
- Bruce Haynes, 'Lully and the Rise of the Oboe as Seen in Works of Art', Early Music 16, nr. 3 (Aug., 1988), p. 324-338: 333, afb. 22
- 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
- Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, ‘The Rijksmuseum’s Remarkable Collection of Oboes’, The Double Reed 49, 2021, no. 2, p. 92-127: 95-96, 122, fig. 2
- 'Aanwinsten', Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1, nr. 2 (1899-1900), p. 48-49: 48
- 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, 86
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instrument Makers from 1670 to 1820', The Galpin Society Journal 41 (Oct., 1988), p. 83-101: plate XV
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 180, 183, afb. 4
- Jan Bouterse, 'The Deutsche Schalmeien of Richard Haka', Jounal of the American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), p. 61-94: 65-66, 71-72, 78-81, 84, 90, afb. 10
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 117, plate 4
- Giovanni Paolo di Stefano, 'Music Parade: a new display at the Rijksmuseum', CIMCIM Bulletin (Apr., 2020), p. 30-33: 32
- Jan Bouterse, 'Making woodwind instruments: 10 Double reed instruments', Fomrhi Quarterly 139 (Dic., 2017), Comm. 2077
- 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
- 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
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