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bombardon — /bom beuhr deuhn, bom bahr dn/, n. 1. a bass reed stop on a pipe organ. 2. a large, deep toned, valved, brass wind instrument resembling a tuba. [1855 60; < It bombardone wind instrument, equiv. to bombard(o) an oboelike instrument, orig., mortar … Universalium
folk music — 1. music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition. 2. music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region. [1885 90] * * * Music held to be … Universalium
Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… … Universalium
Khan, Bismillah — ▪ 2007 Indian musician (b. March 21, 1916, Bihar, India d. Aug. 21, 2006, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India), played an often scorned woodwind instrument, the shehnai, an oboelike North Indian horn, with such expressive virtuosity that he… … Universalium
Hindustani music — one of the two principal types of South Asian classical music, found mainly in the northern three fourths of the subcontinent, where Indo Aryan languages are spoken. (The other principal type, Carnatic music, is found in the Dravidian… … Universalium
oboe — [ō′bō] n. [It < Fr hautbois; see HAUTBOY] 1. a double reed woodwind instrument having a range of nearly three octaves and a high, penetrating, melancholy tone 2. an organ stop producing an oboelike sound oboist n … English World dictionary
