Dulcians in the Museo del Pueblo Español, Madrid

Museo Nacional de Antropología Madrid Spain

The Museo Nacional de Antropología in Madrid contains three dulcians:

• 1548. A soprano. Marked SELM.  Length 34.3 cm.  Pearwood. Two keys.
• 1550. A one-piece bass. Length 96.3 cm long.  Keys for E and F.
• A three-piece bass. Length 96.5 cm.  Open keys for E and F.  Closed keys for C#, F# and G#.

Literature:

• Galpin Society Journal 1984 pp72-79. B. Kenyon de Pascual, A Brief Survey of the Late Spanish Bajón.
• Galpin Society Journal 1986 pp29-34. B. Kenyon de Pascual, A provisional checklist of Spanish 16th- and 17th-century curtals.
• Galpin Society Journal 2000 pp87-116. B. Kenyon de Pascual, A further updated review of the Dulcians (Bajón and Bajoncillo) and their music in Spain.

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