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Teufels Blasebalg (m)

(with) definite article: der
(the) devil’s bellows

Sobriquet (also Soubriquet): A “nickname” that can be used endearingly or otherwise. In references to bagpipes it is used disdainfully only, however.

Identical types: 11

One of the vituperations used by Swedish-Estonian pastor Johan Lithander (1742−1789), who was one of the 18th century Herrnhut persecutors of folk music. Interestingly, his son Carl Ludvig (1773-1843), a successful composer, wrote a comic opera entitled "Säckpiparen" [The piper], which was performed only once, in 1963 (!).


Sources

Tonurist [sic], Igor [Tõnurist]: The Estonian bagpipe. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.48.

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.530 (1855c).

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swedishmusicalheritage.com (➺ biography)