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Definition of Gusle
1. Noun. A single-stringed instrument used by the Slavic peoples in the Balkans and in the Dinarides region, often played with a bow and used to accompany epic poems or legends. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gusle
1. gusla [n -S] - See also: gusla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gusle
Literary usage of Gusle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austria: Vienna, Prague, Hungary, Bohemia, and the Danube; Galicia, Styria by Johann Georg Kohl (1844)
"The gusle is never played except as an accompaniment to the voice, and the slow,
melancholy, but often pleasing melody of the voice, united to the ..."
2. Austria, Vienna, Hungary, Bohemia and the Danube, Galicia, Styria, Moravia by Johann Georg Kohl (1843)
"The gusle is never played except as an accompaniment to the voice, and the slow,
melancholy, but often pleasing melody of the voice, united to the ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"The gusle, to which they were sung, must remind every classical reader of the
... As this simple instrument, the gusle, is never used but to accompany the ..."
4. Servia by the Servians by Alfred Stead (1909)
"The gusle has a resonance cavity, though deeper than that of the violin. ...
The hairs of a horse's tail are strung on the gusle, forming a single cord. ..."
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