Talk:Croatian tamburica

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Shouldn't it be Tamburica? I went to a CFU festival in Philadelphia and when I saw "Tamburitza" I didn't know what to think. Ivanj007 (talk) 00:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * See http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambura . I think the Croatian "c" is a "tz" sound so maybe this romanization is trying to reflect this, so people don't say it "tamburiKa," as it would seem to be pronounced in English. But you seem to be correct. Badagnani (talk) 00:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I added that and an instrument called "tambouras" or "thambouri" already existed in East Roman Empire [] and is mentioned in the Greek epic of Digenis Akritas well before 14th Century, in the 10th Century, when the hero plays his θαμπούριν, thambourin (medieval form of tambouras): “Και αφότου αποδείπνησεν, εμπαίνει εις το κουβούκλιν / και επήρεν το θαμπούριν του και αποκατάστησέν το. / When he had finished his meal, he entered his chamber / and picked up his tamboura [thambourin] and tuned it.” —Digenis Akritis, Escorial version, vv. 826-827, ed. and transl. Elizabeth Jeffreys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.246.225.111 (talk) 00:55, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Interesting informations about persian origin of Tamboura family instruments can be found in French "description of Egypt" http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description_de_l%27%C3%89gypte.

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