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Kokopelli (/ ˌ k oʊ k oʊ ˈ p ɛ l iː / [1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture.
1592 painting of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of Marktkirche in Hamelin Postcard "Gruss aus Hameln" featuring the Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1902. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany.
The ancient Roman equivalent was the tibicen (plural tibicines), from the Latin tibia, "pipe, aulos." The neologism aulode is sometimes used by analogy with rhapsode and citharode ( citharede ) to refer to an aulos -player, who may also be called an aulist ; however, aulode more commonly refers to a singer who sang the accompaniment to a piece ...
The myth is also preserved in the works of some anonymous Greek paradoxographer. [ 2 ] The story is also told in Achilles Tatius ' novel Leucippe and Clitophon where the eponymous heroine is subjected to a virginity test by entering a cave where Pan has left syrinx pipes that will sound a melody if she passes. [ 3 ]
The player gently moves one end of the pan flute (usually the high end) somewhat similar to violin vibrato. Breath, or throat vibrato, which is more accurately described as a tremolo or volume swell, is the same technique used by players of the flute and other woodwinds by use of the player's diaphragm, or throat muscles. [citation needed]
Séamus Ennis (Irish: Séamas Mac Aonghusa; 5 May 1919 – 5 October 1982) was an Irish musician, singer and Irish music collector. [1] He was most noted for his uilleann pipe playing and was partly responsible for the revival of the instrument during the twentieth century, having co-founded Na Píobairí Uilleann, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the promotion of the uilleann pipes and ...
The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season.. Letters need to be postmarked by Monday, a spokesperson for the U. S. Postal Service ...
King Edward VII, (1841–1910); King Edward VIII, (1894–1972); Daniel Laidlaw, (1875–1950), VC Piper in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers who received the Victoria Cross during World War I, the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces