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  2. Marimba - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Colombian youth playing the marimba de chonta. In Colombia the most widespread marimba is the marimba de chonta (peach-palm marimba). Marimba music has been listed on UNESCO as an intangible part of Colombian culture. [10] In recent times marimberos (marimba players) and the marimba genres as a whole have started to fade out in popularity. [8]

  3. Marímbula - Wikipedia

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    In Mexico, where it is known as marimbol is played in son jarocho; in the Dominican Republic, where it is known as marimba, it is played in merengue típico, and in Jamaica it is known as rumba box and played in mento. The marímbula is usually classified as part of the lamellophone family of musical instruments.

  4. Music of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Towns also have wind and percussion bands that play during the lent and Easter-week processions as well as on other occasions. The marimba is an important instrument in Guatemalan traditional songs. The oldest documented use of marimba in the Americas dates to 1680 during celebrations at Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala.

  5. Keiko Abe - Wikipedia

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    Keiko Abe (安倍 圭子, Abe Keiko, born April 18, 1937) is a Japanese composer and marimba player. She has been a primary figure in the development of the marimba, in terms of expanding both technique and repertoire, and through her collaboration with the Yamaha Corporation, developed the modern five-octave concert marimba.

  6. List of marimbists - Wikipedia

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    Particularly notable classical performers on the marimba include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  7. Bladder fiddle - Wikipedia

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    In Venezuela, the bladder fiddle is known as "marimba, tarimba, guarumba, guasdua, and carangano". [12] The name in Latvian is pūšļa vijole. In Lithuania, the instrument is the Pūslinė. [13] In Poland there is a variant that started as a costume accessory and has become a devil's violin, called the Diabelskie skrzypce .

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    Play the classic trick-taking card game. Lead with your strongest suit and work with your partner to get 2 points per hand. Play Whist Online for Free - AOL.com

  9. Alex Jacobowitz - Wikipedia

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    Alex Jacobowitz commissioned Edith Borroff to compose "Concerto for Marimba and Small Orchestra" in 1981, and it was premiered on November 23, 1981 with the State University of New York at Binghamton's University Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Paul Jordan. This work might be the first marimba concerto composed by a woman.