See also:

• SYMPHONIA (Gr. o-vµcfrmvla)

SYMPHONIA (Gr. o-vµcfrmvla)  , a much discussed word, applied at different times (1) to the bagpipe, (2) to the See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum, (3) to the hurdy-gurdy, and finally (4) to a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• CLAVICHORD, or CLARICHORD (Fr. manicorde; Ger. Clavichord; Ital. manicordo; Span. manicordio1)

clavichord . The See also:

• SIXTH

sixth of the musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments enumerated in See also:

• DAN

Dan. iii . 5, 10, 15, erroneously translated " See also:

• DULCIMER (Fr. tympanon; Ger. Hackbrett, Cymbal; Ital. cembalo, timpanon or salterio tedesco)

dulcimer," in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability refers to the bagpipe (q.v.) . See also:

• SYMPHONIA (Gr. o-vµcfrmvla)

Symphonia, signifying drum, occurs in the writings of Isidor of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville . " Tympanum est pellis vel corium ligno ex una parte extentum . Est enim pars See also:

• MEDIA

media symphoniae in similitudinem cribri . Tympanum autem dictum quod See also:

• MEDIUM

medium est . Unde, et margaritum medium tympanum dicitur, et ipsum ut symphonia ad virgulam percutitur." The reference comparing the tympanum (kettledrum) to See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl is borrowed from See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (Nat. hist . IX . 35, 23) . Symphonia or Chifonie was applied during the 13th and 14th centuries, in the Latin countries more especially, to the hurdy-gurdy . Symphonia is applied by See also:

• PRAETORIUS, MICHAEL (1571_1621)

Praetorius' to an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument which he classed with the clavichord, See also:

• SPINET, or SPINNET (Fr. espinetle or epinette; Ger. Spinett; Ital. spinetta)

spinet, regals and See also:

• VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS

virginal, but without giving any See also:

• CLUE

clue to its distinctive characteristics .

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