In 1974, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020) incorporated 12 ocarinas in his composition The Dream of Jacob. Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti (1923–2006) called for four ocarinas (to be performed by woodwind players doubling their own instruments) in his Violin Concerto, completed in 1993. In the 1953 Finnish children's book Tirlittan, the title character also plays an ocarina. The games have been credited for increasing the popularity and sales of ocarinas. The ocarina features prominently in the Nintendo 64 games The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, as well as the NES game EarthBound Beginnings. It is also used in several multi-chamber ocarinas, especially in ones that are designed to play more than one note at a time. This is now known as the English fingering system, and is used extensively for pendant ocarinas. In 1964, John Taylor, an English mathematician, developed a fingering system that allowed an ocarina to play a full chromatic octave using only four holes. The earlier form was known in Europe as a gemshorn, which was made from animal horns of the chamois ( Dutch: gems). The word ocarina derives from ucaréṅna, which in the Bolognese dialect means "little goose". The modern European ocarina dates back to the 19th century, when Giuseppe Donati from Budrio, a town near Bologna, Italy, transformed the ocarina from a toy, which played only a few notes, into a more comprehensive instrument (known as the first "classical" ocarina). The Runik ocarina is a Neolithic flute-like wind instrument, and is the earliest prehistoric musical instrument ever recorded in Kosovo. One of the oldest ocarinas found in Europe is from Runik, Kosovo. The ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. Both the Mayans and Aztecs produced versions of the ocarina, but it was the Aztecs who brought to Europe the song and dance that accompanied the ocarina. Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, including the one conducted by Cortés, resulted in the introduction of the ocarina to the courts of Europe. In Japan, the traditional ocarina is known as the tsuchibue (kanji: 土笛 literally "earthen flute"). In Korea, the traditional ocarina is known as the hun (hanja: 壎). The ocarina has similar features to the Xun (塤), another important Chinese instrument (but is different in that the ocarina uses an internal duct, whereas the Xun is blown across the outer edge). For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures. The ocarina belongs to a very old family of instruments, believed to date back over 12,000 years. To request an addition, please contact a staff member with a reference.Giuseppe Donati, Italian inventor of the modern ocarina, with his work This table was generated using translation pages.
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