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Chalemie (f)

(with) definite article: la
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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter + drone / b: 1 additional drone)

Identical types: 30

Old French for Chalumeau [shawm] ?; According to Mersenne a synonym of Cornemuse des bergers; In Jean Lefèvre (14th century), »La Vieille« (Paris, 1861), vv.199-220, mentioned in combination with "cornimuse" (which seems to support the theory that it is a shawm); NB¹: ➺ Musette (berrichonne), and homonyms; NB²: Note the odd spelling (chalémie(s)) used by Ricros, who fails to mention his source(s); NB³: ➺ Boîtier-souche; NB4: Compare Chalemio.

Cornemuse des bergers

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.22 (»Mersenne).

Mersenne, F. Marin: Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique, V (des Instruments à vent). Paris, MDCXXXVI [1636], p.282-283/*, 284.

Lefèvre, Jean (14th century): "La Vieille". In: Instruments and their music in the Middle Ages, edited by Timothy James McGee (London/New York, 2017).

Montbel, Eric: Les cornemuses du Massif Central: Autour de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.112 (cornemuse des bergers; »Mersenne), 114 [2x], 120 (»Mersenne [2x]), 128 (»Mersenne).

Montbel, Eric: Les musettes de Cour dites aussi «musettes baroques». In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.175 (»Mersenne).

Ricros, André & Montbel, Eric: Hypothèses sur la naissance de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.335 [3x: chalémie[s] [sic]], [338] (chalémies [sic]).

Web

Google books (McGee [Find chalemie: 2 results]); NB: Enigmatically, only upon clearing the search function the system turns to a ref. to Lefèvre, »La Vieille«.