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Definition of Musette
1. Noun. A small bagpipe formerly popular in France.
Definition of Musette
1. n. A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.
Definition of Musette
1. Noun. (musici) A small bagpipe with a bellows, having a soft sound, and once popular in France. ¹
2. Noun. A dance tune or pastoral air that imitates this instrument. ¹
3. Noun. A small bag or knapsack, with a shoulder strap, used by soldiers, student, tourists, etc., containing food or other things. ¹
4. Noun. A small instrument similar to an oboe or shawm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Musette
1. a small bagpipe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musette
Literary usage of Musette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Latin Quarter: ("Scènes de la Vie de Bohème") by Henri Murger (1901)
"For some time musette was the delight of Latin Quarter suppers, ... Then, quite
suddenly, musette deserted the Rue de la Harpe for the upper realms of ..."
2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"... musette MUSIC that originally three were worshipped on Heli- ... performers on
the musette, who were | A large variety of the mushroom called the ..."
3. The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: Comprising Two Hundred and Sixty-eight by Leo Leop Melitz, Richard Salinger, Louise Wallace Hackney (1921)
"During the ensemble, musette and Marcel fall into each other's arras. ...
Marcel and Coll in carry musette out on their arms amid the applause of the ..."
4. The Merry-go-round by Carl Van Vechten (1918)
"Au Bal musette IT has often been remarked by philosophers and philistines alike
that the commonest ... But that was before I discovered the bal musette. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The second class of instruments, inflated by means of a small bellows¡worked by
the arm, hasas prototype the musette (see fig. 1 (3)), which is said to have ..."
6. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"musette suddenly complains that her shoes hurt her and sends her aged lover off for
... When the waiter brings the bill, musette tells him that the old ..."
7. Ballads & Lyrics of Old France: With Other Poems by Andrew Lang (1907)
"Your memory has not had time to pass; My youth has days of its lifetime yet; If
you only knocked at the door, alas, My heart would open the door, musette ! ..."
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