Definition of Cromornes

1. cromorne [n] - See also: cromorne

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cromornes

cromed
cromes
croming
cromlech
cromlechs
cromniomancy
cromoglicate
cromoglicic acid
cromoglycate
cromolyn
cromolyn sodium
cromolyns
cromorna
cromornas
cromorne
cromornes (current term)
cromulent
crone
cronehood
cronel
cronelike
cronels
crones
cronet
cronets
cronies
cronish
cronk
cronker
cronkest

Literary usage of Cromornes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The cromornes did not always form an orchestra by themselves, but were also used in concert with other instruments and notably with flutes and oboes, ..."

2. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"... da gamba) are typical of chamber music; cromornes, shawms and trombones of the wind band ; the regal and the positive organ occupy a car to themselves, ..."

3. Histoire de l'instrumentation depuis le seizième siècle jusqu' à nos jours by Henri Lavoix (1878)
"HAUTBOIS, BASSONS, cromornes, MUSETTES ET CORNEMUSES. Comme nous l'avons dit en parlant de la flûte, le hautbois est de la ..."

4. Music (1899)
"... necessarily composed of low-voiced instruments ; but the airs which breathe in the assemblies of the cornet and cromornes reappear poeticized in the ..."

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