Symphoneia (f)
original: ? [συμφωνεία?]
Spelling in Kuhač, who informs us that "They [i.e. bagpipes, to which he refers as "the forerunners of the organ"] are already mentioned by the prophet Daniel, who considers them to be a Babylonian musical instrument, and calls them symphoneia or symphonica"; Kuhač states, however, that "Without any doubt the bagpipe didn't exist among the ancient Greeks, because the name symphonia was not given to just one [particular] musical instrument, and there is no mention anywhere of a musical instrument with a bag”.
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.67 (»prorok Danilo [prophet Daniel]), 75-76.
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