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shawm
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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shawm (hist.) medieval wind instrument. XIV. ME.
schallemele, pl.
chalm(e)yes,
schalmes, later (sg.)
schalmus,
shawme (XVI). — (i) OF.
chalemel (mod.
chalumeau) :- Rom. *
calamellus, dim. of L.
calamus reed — Gr.
kálamos; (ii) OF. (unexpl.)
chalemie; (iii) OF.
chalemeaus, pl. of
chalemel.
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Ritual and Music of North China: Shawm Bands in Shanxi
Magazine article from: The China Journal; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Ritual and Music of North China: Shawm Bands in Shanxi, by Stephen Jones. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007...I had to consult a dictionary for a definition of the titular shawm, for example), and in the large numbers of Chinese terms rendered...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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ANCIENT SOUND PROVES TIMELESS.(Life and Arts)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...introduced the four musicians of the Bay Area Shawm Band and the array of instruments each...instruments throughout the night. The Shawm Band cavorted onto the stage in pinks...Chinese farmers. While most traditional shawm bands play village weddings and funerals...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Rural Chinese music the family way; WORLD.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 6/13/2005; 599 words
; Byline: SIMON BROUGHTON Hua Family Shawm Band St Luke's, EC1 A QUARTER of the...mischievous twinkles in their eyes, two shawm players spun out piercing melodies on their...piece band is led by two brothers on shawm and drum - unmistakably great peasant musicians...
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Variety in early music at Tufts
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; THE BOSTON SHAWM AND SACKBUT ENSEMBLE Presented in the AmherstEarly...instead they were old friends. The Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble is, of course, from...reviewer had misgivings about what the Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble might be up to, not...
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WIND BANDS IN TOWNS, COURTS, AND CHURCHES: MIDDLE AGES TO BAROQUE
Magazine article from: Journal of Band Research; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...institution consisting of trumpets and shawms began to take shape. Scholars of Medieval...less completely, cornetts replaced the shawms. Bandsmen were expected to play other...but the combination of trumpets and shawms began to develop in the early fourteenth...
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Interview: Andrew Lawrence-King, director of Harp Consort, discusses music from the French island of Guernsey
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 7/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...played as well, exotic instruments like the shawm and the chifournie. What are these instruments? Mr. LAWRENCE-KING: Well, the shawm is the precursor of the modern oboe...came from the East. You'll hear the shawm on the third track on the CD, "Les Filles...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SCHOLA CANTORIUM OFFERS A CELEBRATION OF MOZART.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/9/1996; 700+ words
; ...guest artists, notably the five-member Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble of Boston and tenor...Cantorum in the spring 1995 concert. Shawms are medieval double-reed instruments...instrumental sections for drums, sackbuts and shawms, all preceded by a beautiful and eloquent...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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I'VE GOT RHYTHM.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/19/1997; ; 537 words
; ...Loder today and his 7lb claim makes Shawm (4.15) look like something to back in the Animal Health Trust Trophy. Shawm was expected to go well in the red...worth of compensation will do nicely. Shawm has always looked the type to do well...
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VARIETY IN EARLY MUSIC AT TUFTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...instead they were old friends. The Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble is, of course, from...reviewer had misgivings about what the Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble might be up to, not...krummhorn, dulcian, cornet, recorder, shawm, and sackbut would want to hear of rather...
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Reed Design for Early Woodwinds.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...elaborated in the chapters on specific instrument families: shawms, curtals (dulcians), krummhorns, and other cylindrical...years ago, when I suspect there were more budding krummhorn and shawm players about. But maybe this book will contribute to making...
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shawm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
shawm , double-reed woodwind instrument used in Europe...different sizes. The shape and tone of the soprano shawm are comparable to those of the oboe , of which it is a precursor. The shawm was constructed from a single piece of wood that...
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Pluck
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Pluck of shawmers: a company of shawm players — Bk. of St. Albans , 1486; (a shawm is a medieval stringed musical instrument). Examples : shawmer, a player of the shawm, 1505; a flourish of shawms, 1641.
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bombard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
bombard . A type of shawm —but in 14th and 15th cents. was applied in Fr. and Eng. to alto-pitched shawm. Name was probably taken over from an artillery piece of the same name. (The word is derived from the Lat. bombus , drone...
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wait(s)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...etc. Some waits were renowned for singing, and this originated application of term to groups who sang hymns and carols in the streets at Christmas. 2. Old Eng. name for shawm , much used by waits. Other name for shawm was wayte-pipe .
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band
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Crusades. About 1300, similar groups, often including the shawm (a type of oboe), trumpet, and drum, appeared in the courts...playing instruments of the same family in consort (as in a shawm band) became popular, and new families of wind instruments...
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