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Definition of Tamboura
1. tambura [n -S] - See also: tambura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamboura
Literary usage of Tamboura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the by Joseph Bonomi (1857)
"The tamboura is in common use upon the shores of the Euphrates and Tigris, ...
Our illustration is copied from a tamboura, belonging to some Syrians ..."
2. Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the by Joseph Bonomi (1857)
"The tamboura is in common use upon the shores of the Euphrates and Tigris, ...
Our illustration is copied from a tamboura, belonging to some Syrians ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in the South Kensington by Carl Engel (1874)
"Eight ivory tuning-pegs. Thin wire firings. Made in the 18th century. L. 4 ft.
5f in., Diam. 12?, in. (Bought, I2/.) The tanbour, or tamboura, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"The large Turkish tamboura has a circular body, the open strings producing four
tones : it has thirty-five frets of thin catgut bound round the neck and ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"The large Turkish tamboura has a circular body, the open strings producing four
tones : it has thirty-five frets of thin catgut bound round the neck and ..."
6. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The body of the tamboura was either oval or with the sides curved ... The tamboura
was played with a plectrum, and sometimes was provided with frets. ..."
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