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Musette d’Allemaigne (f)

(with) definite article: la
(the) musette of Germany

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: nr. of stocks? (chanter type? / [additional] drones? [in ? stocks])

Identical types: 54

From Jean Lefèvre (14th century), »La Vieille« (Paris, 1861), vv.199-220; Also mentioned in Jehan [Jean] De Brie, »Le bon berger« (1379/1541 [ed. 1879, p.81]); Incorrectly spelt ~ "d’Alemaigne" in Gay, and ~ "d’Almaigne" in Marcuse, who refers to De Brie as her source; NB: ➺ All Museta, &c.

Musette (à bouche), Mussetta

Chalemie

Sources

Meer, John Henry van der: Beitrag zur Typologie der westeuropäischen Sackpfeifen. In: SIMP I (Stockholm, 1969), p.103.

De Brie, Jehan: Le bon berger… (1541). Facsimile: Paris, 1879.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975, p.92 (➺ Chevrette: »Brücker; »Gay), 349 (➺ Musette, 1: »De Brie).

Gay, Victor: Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, I (A-GUY). Paris, 1887, p.566 (1379).

Web

Google books (McGee [Find musette: ~ d’Allemaingne [sic]])
gallica.bnf.fr (de Brie)