[ Giornale delle osservazioni fatte ne’ viaggi in Egitto, nella Siria, nella Nubia / Giovanni Battista Brocchi ] Giornale 2. Viaggio presso Siene fino a Suez anno 1823 / Giovanni Battista Brocchi
Travel of Giovanni Battista Brocchi

26. Pyrrhic dance and lyre playing

Arabi Ababdes - Egypt (Ababdi)
Title
Pyrrhic dance and lyre playing
Short description
Giovanni Battista Brocchi mentions an earlier description tying it also to the Ababdi Arabs. They have a Pyrrhic dance and an instrument that looks like a real lyre.
Text on source
Hanno una danza, di cui altrove ho parlato, somigliante alla danza Pirrica, ed uno stromento, di cui parimenti ho dato descrizione, che è una vera lira.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 148
Date
1823 04 12
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
2
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Pyrrhic dance and lyre playing" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2025 01 05.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.25

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