Leskowsky Musical Instrument Collection
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Transcript
A musical-instrument collection may sound like a specialist stop, but it provides a useful counterpoint to Kodály. Music is not only written by famous composers. It is made through instruments, craft traditions and community practice.
Kecskemét sits in a region where folk and urban musical cultures interacted continuously. Looking at instruments rather than monuments brings sound, materials and ordinary performance back into the city’s cultural history.