105 Music, ethnology, art history … It is indeed rare that so many disciplines should be a part of a single exhibition. Escultures Musicales is the Museu de la Música’s homage to the creativity of the cultures that these 130 instruments represent. It is also, and perhaps most of all, a way of honoring and recognizing Helena Folch’s and Alejandro Maluquer’s forty-year project: the creation of a unique collection of musical instruments from around the world and of a foundation whose purpose is to preserve this collection and to promote the better understanding of the works that comprise it, a process that is just now coming into fruition. FIG. 11 (right): Striker, lalwe. Baule, Côte d’Ivoire. Late 19th century. Wood, fiber, iron. H: 24.5 cm. Ex. coll. Joseph Herman. © Fundación La Fontana, FI.2011.01.02. Photo: Ronald Stallard. FIG. 12 (below): Trumpet, buruba. Bamana, Mali. Late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, leather, fiber. H: 92 cm. © Fundación La Fontana, FI.2007.01.02. Photo: José Antonio Sancho. FIG. 13 (far right): Slit drum. Dan, Côte d’Ivoire. 19th century. Wood. H: 49 cm. © Fundación La Fontana, FI.1994.01.11. Photo: José Antonio Sancho. MUSICAL SCULPTURES
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