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Definition of Panpipe
1. Noun. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
Definition of Panpipe
1. Noun. A set of panpipes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panpipe
1. a musical instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panpipe
Literary usage of Panpipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"... was probably a primitive shepherd's pipe or panpipe, though some take it-as
a general term for instruments of the flute kind, a meaning that suits all ..."
2. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"It was also found that a panpipe of Northwestern Brazil was built to produce a
system of sounds which agreed very closely with the sound systems of some ..."
3. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"It was commonly supposed that the panpipe represents the first attempt to produce
different tones from one instrument,3 and that later on men were induced ..."
4. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"It was commonly supposed that the panpipe represents the first attempt to produce
different tones from one instrument,3 and that later on men were induced ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"Cf. panpipe. He looked abroad into the street ; all there was dusk aud lonely ;
the rain falling heavily, the wind playing 1'am/ean pipa, aud whistling down ..."
6. The Cyclades, Or, Life Among the Insular Greeks by James Theodore Bent (1885)
"When shepherds play the panpipe on the hillside it is romantic enough : the
instrument is a simple one, just two reeds hollowed out and placed side by side ..."
7. Racing Calendar for (1858)
"Won easily by a neck ; three quarters of a length between the second and third ;
Sister to panpipe a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of3 sors each, with 30 added, ..."
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