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Definition of Bombardon
1. Noun. A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician.
2. Noun. A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family.
Definition of Bombardon
1. Noun. A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba. ¹
2. Noun. A bass instrument of the shawm family ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bombardon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombardon
Literary usage of Bombardon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise Upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: Containing an by Hector Berlioz (1858)
"The bombardon. This is a low instrument, without keys, and with three ... It is
a species of bombardon, the mechanism of which has been improved by M. ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"The deep brass bombardon, now obsolete, had three valves and a range from F ...
In tone the bombardon is somewhat like the ophicleide, a modern brass wind ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1878)
"Christina has never seen him ; but bombardon knows nil about the story through an
.... Whereupon the "Captain" appears again; bombardon recognizing him as ..."
4. A Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: To which is Appended by Hector Berlioz (1882)
"The bombardon. This is a low instrument, without keys, and with three ... It ¡ea
species of bombardon, the mechanism of which has been improved by M. ..."
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