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Vèze (f)

(with) definite article: la
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Identical types: 6
Bladder pipe

According to Sachs, from "vessie" (from Latin "vesica" [bladder]); 16th century; According to Louis Pierre Gras, »Dictionnare du patois forézien« (Lyon, 1863), however, from "vezâ" (souffler [to blow, to breathe]); NB¹: ➺ Vèze/Veze, and Veuze (bagpipe); NB²: ➺ Vege.

Sources

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.356, 373.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975, [➺ also Bladder pipe].

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