Part of the Ahırkapı Big Gypsy Orchestra (Ahırkapı Büyük Roman Orkestrası) at a special performance in a pub in Istanbul. Ahırkapı is a neighbourhood in Istanbul where many Roma (Gypsies) live.
(April 2003)
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One of two organs in the Protestant church in Leichlingen (Rhineland). The church was built between 1753 and 1756 on the site of previous buildings.
(April 2025)
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A man plays the ravanahatha string instrument in the garden of Mandore (near Jodhpur/ Rajasthan, India), , possibly a member of the Bhopa ethnic group.
(February 2017)
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The organ in the Protestant St John's Church in Saalfeld/ Saale (Thuringia); the organ façade dates from 1708. (August 2021) (Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus) #Orgeln, #organs, #Musikinstrumente, #musical_instruments, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Saalfeld, #Thüringen

The Protestant-Lutheran St Nicolai Church in Wittmund (Lower Saxony) was built on predecessor buildings in 1775/76. The rococo organ case also dates from this period.
(September 2024)
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Today's Protestant Reformed church in the village of Campen (Krummhörn municipality in the district of Aurich in the East Frisia region of Lower Saxony) dates back to the late 13th century. The pulpit with the oversized soundboard was built in 1794 and the organ in 1835.
(September 2024)
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The organ in the former collegiate church and since 1556 Protestant church of St Peter in Bacharach on the Middle Rhine (Rhineland-Palatinate) was built in 1826 in an organ case from 1792-1793.
(August 2024)
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A man in a woman's skirt dances Köçek dance from northern Anatolia, accompanied by two zurna (double reed instruments) and two drums (davul), apparently at a feast in Cologne.
(May 2011)
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The organ in the Catholic Church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche) in Oberwesel (Rhine-Hunsrück district / Rhineland-Palatinate) was built in 1745, but has subsequently been rebuilt, extended and renovated several times.
(July 2024)
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The organ from 1735 in the Catholic parish church of St Laurentius in Leutesdorf (district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate) is one of the most important works by organ builder Johann Michael Stumm.
(July 2024)
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A Rajasthani bagpiper during a parade on the occasion of the Desert Festival in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan/India). The bagpipes are obviously a reminder of the British colonial era.
(February 2017)
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The organ façade in the Protestant town church in Moers (Lower Rhine, Wesel district) dates from 1787; however, the oldest parts of the church date back to the 15th century and were originally built for a Carmelite monastery.
(June 2024)
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The case of the organ in the Protestant Salvatorkirche in Rosbach (municipality of Windeck, Rhein-Sieg district) was built in 1767 in the Rococo style.
(June 2024)
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The organ in the Protestant church in Nümbrecht (Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia). The organ façade in Hessian Baroque style is attributed to the organ builder Christian Nohl from the 1690s.
(May 2024)
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Schleiden Castle Church (Schleiden, Euskirchen district) has an organ in rococo style from 1770 by organ builder Christian Ludwig König, which has been largely preserved in its original state.
(April 2024)
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The case of the organ in the Catholic Kreuzbergkirche in Bonn-Endenich is of unknown date. The church itself was completed in 1627.
(January 2024)
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"Minimalism" in the depiction of musical instruments on a house wall in Poznań (Posen, Poland)
(July 2019)
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Die Orgel in der katholischen St. Kilian-Kirche in Erfstadt-Lechenich (Rhein-Erft-Kreis). Das Prospekt stammt wohl noch aus der Mitte des 18.Jhs.
(November 2023)
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The organ in the St. Margareta Catholic Church in Krefeld-Linn (Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia), built in 1819/20.
(July 2023)
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