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A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
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krummhorn
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Wikipedia
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Krummhörn is a municipality in the district of Aurich , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated near the Ems estuary, approximately 15 km southwest of Norden , and 10 km northwest of Emden . The community (Gemeinde) of Krummhörn comprises 19 villages ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument. 2 A stop on an organ.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also crummhorn , "curved wind instrument," 1864, from German, literally "crooked horn," from krumm "curved, crooked."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\ (kr[=oo]m"h[^o]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet , 1, a.). A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) [syn: crumhorn , cromorne ]
Usage examples of krummhorn.
I finally hired a krummhorn player to sit in the corner and play softly.
Musicians conscripted from a local tavern were blowing krummhorns, battering tabors and singing lustily in Polish as dancers whirled about the floor of the crumbling hall with reckless fury – a tumult of spinning farthingales and flying elbows.