University of Zurich Zurich Open Repository and Archive Winterthurerstr. 190 CH-8057 Zurich http://www.zora.uzh.ch Year: 2002 The drymba among the Hutsul in the Ukrainian Carpathians: a recent ethnomusicological survey Dallais, P; Weber, S; Briner, C; Liegme, J Dallais, P; Weber, S; Briner, C; Liegme, J (2002). The drymba among the Hutsul in the Ukrainian Carpathians: a recent ethnomusicological survey. VIM Vierundzwanzigsteljahrsschrift der Internationalen Maultrommelvirtuosengenossenschaft, 10:8-29. Postprint available at: http://www.zora.uzh.ch Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich. http://www.zora.uzh.ch Originally published at: Dallais, P; Weber, S; Briner, C; Liegme, J (2002). The drymba among the Hutsul in the Ukrainian Carpathians: a recent ethnomusicological survey. VIM Vierundzwanzigsteljahrsschrift der Internationalen Maultrommelvirtuosengenossenschaft, 10:8-29. THE DRYMBA AMONG THE HUTSUL DALLAIS Philippe, Stefan WEBER, Caroline BRINER, Joel LIENGME. 2002 "The Drymba among the Hutsul in the Ukrainian Carpathians. A recent ethnomusicological survey", VIM (Mt Pleasant, Iowa) 10 : 8-29. A revised and multimedia French version of this article is available online at : http://www.ethnographiques.org/2002/Dallais,et-al.html Contact :
[email protected] Philippe Dallais, Stefan Weber, Caroline Briner, Joel Liengme, La guimbarde chez les Hutsuls : investigations ethnomusicologiques sur la drymba dans les Carpates ukrainiennes. ethnographiques.org [en ligne] n°2 (novembre 2002). http://www.ethnographiques.org/2002/Dallais,et-al.html 8 9 THE DRYMBA AMONG THE HUTSUL IN THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS: A RECENT ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL SURVEY by Philippe Dallais Stefan Weber Caroline Briner Joël Liegme Neuchâtel University Institute of Ethnology Switzerland (In this article, we will follow VIM’s practice, and use the word trump when we refer to the instrument in general, and drymba when we refer to the Hutsul instrument.) In Search of Ivan and Marichka HIS RESEARCH PROJECT basically emerged from a single photograph that Philippe Dallais discovered by chance in spring 1999 when he was glancing through the book of the Polish photographer Andrzej Polec (1997), Distant Glens and T Fig. 1 opposite: Village of Kosmach—Dmytro Shatruk selling drymbas in front of the church. Dmytro (1931– 1997) was the elder brother of the drymba maker Vasyl Shatruk. Photo: Andrzej Polec 1997, with permission. Moors: The Hutsuls Today, freshly deposited on a shelf of the Library of the Neuchâtel University Institute of Ethnology. When he saw the photograph of a man playing trump (fig. 1) he immediately felt he had to contact Mr. Polec, who soon responded and confirmed the survival of a local and traditional trump fabrication in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Furthermore, Polec also enthusiastically suggested that we visit the Hutsul people and meet some trump makers. For the general reader of Polec’s book this photograph may seem unimposing, but for the trump researcher it brings an unusual confirmation of the v