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Musette (f)

(with) definite article: la

Bagpipe (unknown type)

Identical types: 100

Mentioned (without an adjective, nor a specific location) in Jacquot, who defines it as a synonym of Cornemuse; Stainer refers to it as "a little musa or pipe", adding that "A piece of music written in the style of bagpipe music came afterwards to be called a Musette"; NB: ➺ related & similar terms.


Sources

Jacquot, Albert: Dictionnaire pratique et raisonné des instruments de musique anciens et modernes. Paris, 1886, p.62 (Cornemuse; ➺ Musette).

Mahillon, Victor-Charles: Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée instrumental du Conservatoire royal de Musique, I-V. Gand, 1893-1912, passim [9x (+ index)].

Stainer, John: The music of the Bible. With an account of the development of modern musical instruments from ancient types. London, s.a. [1879], p.119.

Web

Google books (Jacquot [Find musette: ➺ Cornemuse]).
ibidem (Mahillon [Find musette: 10 results]),
ibidem (Stainer [Find musette])
Archive org. (Mahillon [Find musette]).
ibidem (Stainer [Find musette: Page n181 (= p.146)]).