Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalumeaus
Literary usage of Chalumeaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The beating reed, though not having the extreme antiquity of the double reed,
was used at a very early period, for we find it applied to the chalumeaus of ..."
2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"Double chalumeaus, with a common mouthpiece placed in a block of wood, were used.
The instrument was a forerunner of the clarinet. ..."
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