the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

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The Basque region on the borders of Spain and France have several mountain tabor pipe traditions, but the dominant form –
the txistu – and the players – the txistulari – have become an expression of Basque identity. The first mention of the txistu
dates from 1864.

local tourist posters
The Basque people are very proud of their culture. Every few years over the last 100 years tourist posters
have been produced featuring a man (mostly) playing the pipe and tabor.
These are details from posters:
1903 Leiza Navarre1903 Leiza, Navarre
19201920 Pamplona 19211921 Pamplona
19231923 Pamplona
19271927 Pamplona
19271927 San Sebastian 19291929 Great Basque Week 19301930 Pamplona 19311931San Sebastian (detail_)
1932 Bayonne poster1932 Bayonne, France [detail]
19331933 Pamplona
19341934 Pamplona
19341934 Bilbao
19351935
19361936 Bayonne
[detail]
19481948 19501950 Leiza, Navarre [detail]
1951 Bayonne1951 Bayonne [detail]

19531953 Leiza, Navarre

19571957 Bayonne, France
1957 poster1957 Bilbao 19641964 Bibao
no date, French Frenchno date, French
19731973 festival 19741974 Bayonne 19761976 Bayonne, France
19821982 19831983 Bayonne
19901990 Bayonne festival [detail]
1992 detail1992 Bayonne [detail]
20092009 Bilbao [detail] 20092009 Bibi Beaurivage – Biarritz
20102010 poster for Fi ta Fik school
of Basque musical instruments (detail)
Hotel publicity Bilbaono date Hotel Carlton, Bilbao
2013 new campaign2013 new campaign [detail] 2014 poster2014 Bayonne, France
20152015 food festival [detail]

20172017 Bayonne, France

2018 2018 Jaitzubi festivities-Hondarribia
20182018 (detail)
Oarso, Spainno date Oarso - Basquenjoy, Hondarribia no date, Franceno date, France 2019 Bayonne poster2019 Bayonne (detail)
20192019 unknownunknown
20202020 Basque - man and woman players [detail]
20222022 San Juan festival poster, Eibar
  
20242024 Barakaldo Festival poster    
 
local artists

Ramiro Arrue1925 RamiroArrue
Ramiro Arrue paintingRamiro Arrue playing for dancing
 
20thc postcard20th century postcard 1929 magazine cover1929 magazine cover Ramiro ArrueRamiro Arrue poster
1891 painting1891 Darío de Regoyos y Valdes playing for dancingplaying for dancing Aurelio AretaAurelio Arteta (detail)
Aurelio Arteta Y Erresti Aurelio Arteta Y Erresti Jacques Tanneur Jacques Tanneur

Charles Homualk [detail]

 playing for dancersCharles Homualk

Charles Homualk [detail]

 1956 painting1956 playing for
folk dancing

PaintingJose Arrue [detail]

 Ramiro Arrue Y Trebla painting

playing for dancing [detail]

 card paintingJavier Ciga 20th century playerplayer from a postcard
1958 design1958 Oarso Renteria 1959 card1959 card playing for dancingplaying for dancing [detail] 1964 illustration1964 Bilbao map, illustration
  playing for dancingplaying for dancing postcard early 20th century playerearly 20th century player
by Aurelio Arteta
20th century painting20th century [detail]
Ramiro Arrue painting
Basque DanceRamiro Arrue painting
 with sword dancersRamiro Arrue sword dancers  
postcardpostcard [thanks Terry Carter] poster for teacherPoster for teacher
20242024 Poster Fetes de Mauléon  

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©an on-going project with lots more to add Last modified 24 June, 2024