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Ciaramella (f)

(with) definite article: ? [a / la?]
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Ciaramedda

From Latin "calamellus" [shawm (from "calamus" [reed])]; Also: shawm; NB¹: ➺ Caramèl (Auvergne, France), and Charmela (Limousin, France); NB²: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.95.

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.26.

Meer, John Henry van der: Beitrag zur Typologie der westeuropäischen Sackpfeifen. In: SIMP I (Stockholm, 1969), p.106.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.30 (»Baines).