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Simphonia / Simphonie (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ? [la?]
Symfonia

Alternative spellings; NB: Leydi informs us that "In medieval times simphonie (and Chifonia, Cifonie and similar terms) normally indicated the hurdy-gurdy" (NB: ➺ also Chiffonie).

Sources

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

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.64 (hurdy-gurdy).

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.25.