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Cimpoiereasca (f)

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traditional solo piece for a particular instrument

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Best translated as "The bagpiper's tune"; Only mentioned as a synonym, it unmistakably confirms the relation with the Cimpoi, the sound of which was [and still is?] imitated on a violin.


Sources

Alexandru, Tiberiu: Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului român. Bucureşti, 2014 (Reprint of Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn, Bucureşti, 1956), p.319 (ex.62); NB: Not in index (Materii).

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