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A Steirische Harmonika. The Steirische Harmonika (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪrɪʃɛ harˈmoːnika]) is a type of bisonoric diatonic button accordion important to the alpine folk music of Croatia (Hrvatsko zagorje), Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Austria, the German state of Bavaria, and the Italian South Tyrol.
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.
Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская ...
Anton Mervar (20 March 1885 – 21 July 1942) [1] was a manufacturer of Slovenian button accordions. Mervar was born in Loke , now part of the town of Trbovlje . [ 2 ] he began working with his father Anton Sr. in his father's shop in their hometown of Trifail, in the Austrian province of Carniola (now Trbovlje, Slovenia).
Often a button accordion, called a Schrammelharmonika, is included. Performers strive for a melancholy, "crying", but melodious sound. The style is influenced by folk music from Austria, Hungary , Slovenia , Moravia and Bavaria .
Although Austria is not exactly the biggest exporter of international rock and pop-bands, there are a few notable musicians and bands. Opus also made it in the charts worldwide as well. In the last few years, several music groups toured Europe and had commercial success in the international charts. The most prominent being Christina Stürmer.
According to a 1987 article in The New York Times, the Music Box Society International first formed in the early 1900s to preserve and conserve existing examples of music boxes. [ 1 ] According to the MBSI's own website, the organization was founded in 1949. [ 2 ]
The Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon [A 1] (German pronunciation: [ˌøːstəʁaɪçɪʃəs muˈziːkˌlɛksikɔn], lit. ' Austrian Music Lexicon ') is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research.