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Definition of Psaltry
1. psaltery [n -TRIES] - See also: psaltery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psaltry
Literary usage of Psaltry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe by Thomas Roscoe (1846)
"The psaltry is described by Burney, vol ip 519, and in the Essai sur la Musique,
vol ip 302. Burney likewise gives a fragment, in which all the ..."
2. Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe by Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi, Thomas Roscoe (1846)
"The psaltry is described by Burney, vol ip 519, ... psaltry, symphony, and rote,
Help to charm the listening throng, And Armenia lends its note While I ..."
3. Old English Popular Music by William Chappell, Harry Ellis Wooldridge (1893)
"2 The musical instruments principally in use among the Anglo-Saxons were the
Harp, the psaltry, the Fidèle, and a sort of Horn called in Saxon " Pip " or ..."
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