Lier

'n Lier is 'n snaarinstrument wat uit 1400 v.C. in Antieke Griekeland dateer. Dit is veral tydens die Griekse Klassieke Oudheid en in latere tydperke gebruik.

• Andersson, Otto. The Bowed Harp, translated and edited by Kathleen Schlesinger (London: New Temple Press, 1930).
• Bachmann, Werner. The Origins of Bowing, trans. Norma Deane (London: Oxford University Press, 1969).
• Jenkins, J. "A Short Note on African Lyres in Use Today." Iraq 31 (1969), p. 103 (+ pl. XVIII).
• Kinsky, George. A History of Music in Pictures (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937).
• Sachs, Curt. The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West (New York: W.W. Norton, 1943).
• Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments (New York: W.W. Norton, 1940).

Wikimedia Commons bevat media in verband met Lyres.

• Anglo Saxon Lyres at Yahoo!Groups
• Ensemble Kérylos a music group directed by scholar Annie Bélis, dedicated to the recreation of ancient Greek and Roman music, and playing instruments reconstructed on archaeological reference.
• "The Universal Lyre – From Three Perspectives" Article by Diana Rowan: a survey of three current lyre practitioners and builders – Temesgen Hussein of Ethiopia, Michalis Georgiou of Cyprus and Michael Levy of the United Kingdom.

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