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3 unusual facts about rebec


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Tina Chancey is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in early bowed strings like the rebec.

The original Michael Nyman Band included a rebec before the band switched to a fully amplified lineup.

A rebec featured prominently in one of Ellis Peters' (12th century) Brother Cadfael stories: Liliwin, the title character of The Sanctuary Sparrow, earned his living by playing that instrument.


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Dominique Regef

Dominique Regef (b. Paris, 1947) is a French improvisor, composer, and musician specializing in stringed instruments: the cello, the rebec, the vièle à archet, and the Rajasthan dilruba.


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