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Kobza (f)

Dudelsack

Common corruption of "koza" [goat]; According to Sobieska, "a name given by Polish pipers, who most likely heard it in a roundabout way (apparently through intellectuals and magazines), and drew the conclusion that it must be the Austrian bagpipe"; NB¹: ➺ homonyms; NB²: ➺ Cobza (Poland)


Sources

Sobiescy, Jadwiga [Pietruszyńska] & Marian: Polska muzyka ludowa i jej problemy [Polish folk music and its problems]. Wybór prac pod redakcją Ludwika Bielawskiego [A selection of their works edited by Ludwik Bielawski]. Warszawa, 1973, p.84-85.