There aren’t many instruments that have had more names, varieties or as world-wide a reach as the hammered dulcimer. Literally meaning "sweet song" from the Roman translation, this stringed instrument (typically played with mallets), originated in Persia nearly 2000 years ago. Variations of the dulcimer can be seen and heard in Asian and European traditional music and extend all the way to American folk music and even the Blue Man Group. One type of dulcimer called the cimbalom, has been featured in music of Zoltan Kodaly and Igor Stravinsky. Tonight, we hear the dulcimer used in music ranging from Robert Een to Christof Dienz and Lou Harrison.
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I posted these haikus on the Blog, where most of the haikus reside:
http://blogs.wnyc.org/eveningmusic/2009/09/25/weekend-haiku/
>Steve Carter, you're probably right!
Thanks for listening, and thanks for your lovely Haikus!
--David
My haiku....
Commorate 10-08-09
Memory WNCN Fleetwood
Dulcet tones like Garland’s
My haiku
Commorate 10-08-09
Memory WNCN Fleetwood
Dulcet tones like Garland’s
Bass guitar with pick on I Spy music.
Could be the famous Carol Kaye?
Slice ginger, chop dice
Simmer, ad honey lemon
Happy sinuses
City's glow reflects
Shaped white cries of birds above
On Autumn evenings
My haiku
Jagged puzzle blues
Fill the empty spaces
Make the night complete
Katydids chirp on,
Early autumn serenades,
Hark! Their farewell song.
the grape is frosted
yeast to cure its delight.
fall moons pluck't enlight.
In the third grade, around 1963 my mother would drive me to art class near MOMA and MoonDog would be walking around 6th Ave. I felt very frightened by his appearance. Years later when I was a young adult I heard that his name was MoonDog, that he'd become a born again Christian and gotten his act together. Maybe he'd always had his act together. I felt happy that he was okay and that I was no longer afraid of appearances such as his had been.
Haiku
Drawing is not done
Though I am not quite there yet
I will finish soon
My haiku:
Summer sun ends cold
shivering boys practice plays
for first football game
My Haiku
It is not neat here
The clutter just grows and grows
Someday all will vanish
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