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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Musicology
OBS

--an ancient instrument probably like a Hebrew harp of 10 or 12 strings, called also -- (prob. so called fr. the resemblance of its symbol, the inverted Greek delta, to a harp). [Q 5628]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Musicologie
OBS

--instrument des Hébreux que Luther appelle un psaltérion. D'autres pensent que c'était une lyre. Il se jouait à deux mains, et l'on faisait résonner les cordes sur un ventre creux par le haut. [1875]

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