A Cymbal Tale

Re: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n87sj

Writer, comedian and rock drummer Andrew McGibbon, aka Andrew Paresi, tells the story of a 175-year-old cymbal and explores the history of the instrument. He traces the earliest cymbals from ancient Assyria and China, their development by Avedis Zildjian in Turkish military bands, to their arrival in Europe in the 1670s and their unlimited deployment by modern orchestral composers and jazz musicians. Andrew also discovers why cymbals became so popular in the 1960s and today form part of every rock drummer's kit.
Featuring contributions from British Museum archeomusicologist Richard Dumbrill, Heather Corbett, chief percussionist with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and John Keeble from Spandau Ballet.
The show also includes interviews with manufacturers and metallurgists who help to unravel the intriguing delights of this evocative, iconic idiophone.

A cyberfriend of mine on Facebook (Graham Findley, England... and an erstwhile fan of Kokomo, emailed the above. I've yet to see it myself, but wanted to post here for the benefit of Boomer's Community.

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Thanks my good friend.

And I thank you too Spanky. I love you my friend. Hopefully one day we'll meet face to face.

It's an audio show John, but is most interesting and very informative. For years I thought that Zildjian was the last name of the family that owned the company . actually the word means son of a cymbal maker. zil means cymbal, dj means maker and ian is an Armenian word for son of.

thanks very much for posting that. There are only 2 days left to listen to it so those who want to ehar it should do so quickly.

Peace, TED

That was really fun and interesting. thanks for sharing John!

Ted E. Bear wrote:It's an audio show John, but is most interesting and very informative. For years I thought that Zildjian was the last name of the family that owned the company . actually the word means son of a cymbal maker. zil means cymbal, dj means maker and ian is an Armenian word for son of. Thanks very much for posting that. There are only 2 days left to listen to it so those who want to ehar it should do so quickly. Peace, TED

Interesting etymology on the name "Zildjian" Ted! Wow! I wasn't aware of that, but it makes perfect sense, since the same convention is used in Hebrew names. Specifically "Ben-whomever..." meaning "son of."

Cool Cuz!