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Definition of Cromorne
1. Noun. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
Definition of Cromorne
1. cromorna [n -S] - See also: cromorna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cromorne
Literary usage of Cromorne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Organ Music Past and Present by Harvey Grace (1919)
"The Duos (two-voice pieces for two manuals) are to be quick, in a free and neat
style, the cromorne or the Tierce on the swell very tenderly, the cadences ..."
2. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1857)
"25 cromorne reed 8 ft. All the stops in the Choir Organ are carried down to the
CCC key, except the Dulciana, Viol da Gamba, and Flageolet, ..."
3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"This reed, enclosed in a cup through which the air was directed, was not under
the direct control of the lips as in modern bassoons. This name, cromorne ..."
4. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"... elder or other convenient substance, are tipped with the horns of cattle, the
smaller horn covering the reed (so that, like the cromorne, ..."
5. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1873)
"The designs hitherto proffered or executed would look very well as the back scene
of a theatre, or a model at cromorne or the Crystal Palace, ..."
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