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Record 1 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
OBS

Stringed instrument, basically a guitar, with raised strings, a circular metal resonator on the belly and an internal tone chamber. Often played with a bottle neck (a tube fitted on the finger). Well liked by early blues singers. Created in 1925 by two Czechoslovakian brothers, the Do Pyeras, who gave it its name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
OBS

Sorte de banjo créé par les frères DO [abréviation de l'anglais DO BROTHERS]. Dans les langues slaves, le mot «dobro» signifie «bon».

OBS

Renseignement fourni par la Division de la Musique, Bibliothèque Nationale.

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