Woman playing portative organ

  • Femme à l'orgue
  • Femme à l'orgue
  • Femme à l'orgue

Summary

: Woman playing portative organ

: Saint-Chamant, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Location type : Church

: Saint-Chamant, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

: 15

: 1490 -1500

: Sculpture

: Wood

: Musicastallis

: Femme à l'orgue

: Stalls of the old collegiate church of St Chamand founded by Robert de Balsac or Balzac. The stalls are remains preserved in the communal church, St Amand.


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https://musicastallis.huma-num.fr/fiche.php?id=181


: Anna Devaux

Performer(s)
    • Performer information
    Type: musician

    Genre: female

    Posture: Seated

    Character quality or function: laywoman (secular)

    Comment: The headscarf tied under the chin confirms the feminine gender, this one symbolizes the condition respectful of the woman.

    Instrument information
    Instrument : organ - (Hornbostel-Sachs system: 412.1-8 )
    Bore: cylindrical
    Body: straight
    Playing method: other
    Comments: Bellows operated by the right hand and keys operated by the left hand (unusual)
    Type of organ: portative
    Bellows: yes
    Number of bellows: 1
    Number of pipes: 12
    Number of rows of pipes: 2
    Playing mechanism: keyboard
    Keyboard type: chromatic
    Number of stops keys: 11 keys + 7 feints




Number of performers: 1

Context of the sound: aristocratic music, courtly music

Comment: This image could be an copy of the 14th-fourteenth century De Musica de Boèce, which represents a woman playing an organ. In contrast to the usual outfit, the musician plays with the left hand and actuates the bellows with the right hand (the organ are often associated with woman in courtly contexts). Her ears are hidden by her headdress.