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Definition of Krummhorn
1. Noun. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
Definition of Krummhorn
1. n. A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1,
Definition of Krummhorn
1. Noun. a mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument ¹
2. Noun. a stop on an organ ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Krummhorn
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Krummhorn
Literary usage of Krummhorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organ-stops and Their Artistic Registration: Names, Forms, Construction by George Ashdown Audsley (1921)
"CROMORNE, Fr.—Ger., krummhorn.—The name used by French and German organ-builders
to designate a lingual stop, the tone of which somewhat resembles that of ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"A crook, that is, a curved piece of tubing which may be inserted in brass wind
instruments to alter the length of the tube and lower the pitch. krummhorn ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"... BER- GONZI, GUADAGNINI, MONTA- GNANA, RUGGIERI, STORIONE, and TESTORE. The name
as applied to an 8 ft. reed organ stop is a corruption of krummhorn. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"krummhorn is also the name of an organ-stop. found in almost all German organs,
and generally of eight feet pitch. The pipes are made of tin, ..."
5. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"... GUADAGNINI, MONTA- GNANA, RUGGIERI, STORIONE, and TESTORE. The name as applied
to an 8 ft. reed organ stop is a corruption of krummhorn. Cremorne. ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"lart of which is bent outwards in a circular art-- krummhorn is also the name
... The sound of the krummhorn i an organ-stop is soft and quiet ; but it ¡id« ..."
7. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"krummhorn is also the name of an organ-stop, found in almost all German organs,
... The sound of the krummhorn as an organ-stop is soft and quiet; ..."
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