Tambourin
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The tambourin is a low-pitched tenor drum of the French region of Provence, which has also lent its name to a Provençal dance accompanied by lively duple meter music. The dance is so named because the
The tambourin de Provence.
Tambourin players in the early 1900s in Aix-en-Provence
Modern tambourin players in 2023
Early 1800s tambourin in color
Les fêtes d'Hébé
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Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talens lyriques is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three entrées by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Antoine Gautier de Montdorge. The w
Tambourin
…or flabiol, forms a Provençal pipe and tabor. Jean-Philippe Rameau included tambourins in many of his operas, such as Platée, Les Indes galantes, and Les fêtes d'Hébé. The last gained more fame in a keyboard arrangement from the E minor suite of his Pièces de Clavecin. The tambourin was popular throughout the 18th…
Jean-Philippe Rameau