sackbut

[ UK /sˈækbʌt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
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How To Use sackbut In A Sentence

  • (At the time, along with the cornetto, other instruments used might be chitarrones, cithers and sackbuts).
  • The moment these records first appeared, pop groups were experimenting with sackbuts, rebecs and crumhorns.
  • Early music is the stuff of sackbutts, forte pianos and viols.
  • Whereon (laugh not, reader, for it was the fashion of those musical as well as valiant days) up rose that noble old favorite of good Queen Bess, from cornet and sackbut, fife and drum; while Westward Ho!
  • Early versions of the organ, fiddle (or vielle), and trombone (called the sackbut) existed as well. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The sackbut was a wind instrument [see [1033] Music]; the sambuca was a triangular instrument, with strings, and played with the hand. Smith's Bible Dictionary
  • That's because any festival, whether it celebrates the sackbut and crumhorn of early music, or the sword and society of the Vikings, brings in enthusiasts.
  • The instrumental ensemble consists of seven string instruments, three sackbuts, and two organs (as with the voices, solo and ripieno).
  • Mastering the cornetto and other early instruments such as chitarrones, cithers and sackbuts is just one of the challenges facing Pinchgut Opera as it prepares to stage Monteverdi's Orfeo.
  • Davitt Maroney's program notes for the amazing Striggio mass performed at the Berkeley Festival indicate that in its time, lavish forces would have backed the singers, rendering his choice of sackbutts, cornetts, and pairs of portative organs and harpsichords conservative. Archive 2008-06-01
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