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Abstract - what it contains
"It was the dulcimer itself that worked the magic"
- the story behind the thesis
Introduction: definitions, sources, processing
Etymology: 215 different names

 

History to 1800
- pictures and descriptions from primary sources
 
Introduction
Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages
Early Renaissance - 15th century
Later Renaissance - 16th century
Baroque, Rococo and Classical eras - 1600-1800
Outline of historical development
 

British Isles since 1800
- photos, interviews, playing styles, sample melodies - primary sources
 
Foreword
1800-c.1945
London
East Anglia
Midlands & North
Southern Ireland
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales
later 20th C.
modern literature
 
Other Countries since 1800
- an overview of secondary sources
 
America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
The Santur area
Central Asia
Far East
Pacific region

 

Structure and use
- dulcimer features
Controversies
& misconceptions

European relatives of the
Appalachian dulcimer
- langeleik, hummel, Scheitholt, épinette etc.