"Muzikontai Biržų dvaro...derino skripkas, dūdavo..." - apie Biržų krašto muziejaus "Sėla" muzikos instrumentų rinkinį
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ENA huge collection of music instruments is presented in the exposition of Biržai Region Museum: from the oldest archaic folk instruments to relatively new instruments manufactured in large quantities by machinery. The collection reveals the spiritual and material culture peculiarities of the North-East Lithuania region. The archaic ethno music traditions remained in this region longer than in the other regions, as a result many authentic wind instruments are presented in the exhibition, such as "daudytės", "ragai", and "skudučiai" as well as the string instrument - "kanklės". The photos of the musicians who played "kanklės" reveal that only men could do it and the male-only tradition has continued from the generation to generation. Idiophone instruments - "terkšlė", "kleketas" ("lentučių pliauškė") are also presented in the exhibition. As it is recorded in the museum documents, these instruments were made by the local craftsmen and were given to the museum by local people in the period of 1928 until the World War II. Percussion instruments - a drum and "litauras" - were used as the signal drums and as the ritual instruments from the ancient times. The drum was popular until the second half of the 20th century. One of the most interesting string instruments is the "manikarka" which accompany chorales at Evangelical Reformed Church and schools. The museum collection contains one of the smallest and most simple music instrument, which consists of 5 pipes and its’ name is written on each pipe. The longest wind instruments are the wooden trumpets (the length is from 140 to 230 cm), named "daudytės". Moreover, the collection of the horns were made in 1918 for very special occasion - the Nations independence. The set of horns usually consists of 4 or 5 trumpets.Last but not the least interesting category contains the instruments which were produced by factories which replaced the old ones: "helicon", "accordion", "concertina", even Lithuanian piano "Birutė". Even more interesting are the exhibits of inventions which can replace an orchestra - "musical box" and "gramophone". Biržai Region Museum "Sėla", aims to present authentic music instruments for their visitors in an attractive way. Photos with the descriptions of these musical instruments can only display the physical appearance and theoretically describe the main characteristics. But the Museum "Sėla" provides a unique possibility to hear authentic sounds of the instruments from the oldest such as "ragai" (horns) to relatively new such as "gramophone". [From the publication]
