What does dulzian mean?
Dulzian means Alternative form of dulcian..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of dulcian..
The Fleming Denis van Alsloot’s ‘Procession of the Religious Orders from the Town of Antwerp…’, painted in 1616 shows with excellent clarity six musicians playing a trombone, two alto pommers, a discant schalmey, cornetto, and a dulzian played on the left side with the right hand uppermost, the exact opposite to the dulzian’s descendant, the bassoon, which is played the other way round.
His (?)bass chalumeau is made in the form of a dulzian, in one piece with two parallel bores which double back, and with a short bell at the top.
The aforementioned document states that jugglers, troubadours and minstrels of the 13th and 14th centuries performed on dulzians and shawms, as perfectly distinct genres of instruments, not the same instrument with double nomenclature.
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Dulzian means Alternative form of dulcian..
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The Fleming Denis van Alsloot’s ‘Procession of the Religious Orders from the Town of Antwerp…’, painted in 1616 shows with excellent clarity six musicians playing a trombone, two alto pommers, a discant schalmey, cornetto, and a dulzian played on the left side with the right hand uppermost, the exact opposite to the dulzian’s descendant, the bassoon, which is played the other way round.
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