Lexicographical Neighbors of Kantela
Literary usage of Kantela
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"These singers were known as the Runo- lainen, and played to the sound of the
kantela, a kind of harp much like that which the Gaelic minstrels used to carry ..."
2. Books and Habits by Lafcadio Hearn (1921)
"... and for centuries professional singers had been wandering about the country
teaching these songs to the accompaniment of a kind of biwa called kantela. ..."
3. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"Here goes! all together! (as when boys are started to run a race). kantela, t>.
Be light, clear, &c., for. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... or singers, to the sound of the kantela, or harp, and thus transmitted from
one generation to another. Although his researches were limited to the ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... or singers, to the sound of the kantela, or harp, and thus transmitted from
one generation to another. Although his researches were limited to the ..."
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