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Record 1 2010-04-09

English

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

A medieval musical instrument of the oboe class, having a double reed enclosed in a globular mouthpiece.

DEF

An early double-reed wind instrument resembling the oboe.

French

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

Instrument à vent ancien (16 [ième] - 17 [ième] siècle), fait d'un tuyau cylindrique, sans clé, considéré par certains comme un ancêtre du hautbois [...]

OBS

L'appellation française «chalumeau» a été confirmée par un spécialiste des instruments anciens et professeur à l'École de musique (Université Laval, Québec).

Spanish

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