schalmei
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie.[1] Compare Middle English shalemye.
Noun
[edit]schalmei (plural schalmeis)
- (music) A shawm or chalumeau.
- 1908, The Literary Digest, page 415:
- Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them.
- 1980, Journal, International Double Reed Society, page 4:
- In 1689 it was ordered in Chemnitz that schalmeis were to be played only by town musicians.
- 2003, Bert Oling, Heinz Wallisch, The Complete Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, Chartwell Books, →ISBN, page 97:
- This instrument, also called the pommer, is a forerunner of the oboe. it has a narrow, conical bore and a double reed that is held between the lips of the player, as in older schalmeis that had no wind-cap.
References
[edit]- ^ “schalmei”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch schalmeye.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]schalmei f (plural schalmeien, diminutive schalmeitje n)
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