Musa (f)
Etymology uncertain: from Greek μούσα (mousa [muse]) ?; According to Paul Lacroix, "a synonym of Muse"; NB¹: Kuhač quotes the 11th century author Ivan Cotton [i.e. John Cotton (Johannes Cottonius), also known as Johannes Cotto and as Johannes Afflighemensis], according to whom "It surpasses all the other instruments, since it contains within itself all their characteristics and virtues: put into action by breath like the flute, the hand flows between the notes as in the viella and it has its air reserve in the bag like the organ... [&c.]"; NB²: Also a shawm.
Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.350.
Lacroix, Paul & Seré, Ferdinand: Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, histoire et description… en Europe, IV (Paris, 1851), deuxième partie; Instruments de musique, p.iii.
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.17 (»Reese [J. Cotton]), 26 (»Marcuse), 49.
Utriculus, nuova serie XVI (54), II semestre 2017, Miscellanea zampognara, p.87-88: “Chevrelle, chièvre, chevrie, cabretta” (»Lacroix/Seré).
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.73 [2x; »Cotton].