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hydraulus Mus.|haɪˈdrɔːləs|
Also hydraulis.
[L., f. Gr. ὕδραυλος hydraulic organ (cf. αὐλός pipe).]
A type of water organ popular in classical times; = hydraulic organ (hydraulic a. 2).
1874W. Chappell Hist. Mus. I. xiii. 328 Philōn defines..a kind of ‘syrinx played by the hands, which we call hydraulis’. 1903C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ ii. 35 Sylvester made an organ that was played by ‘warm water’; this was..the hydraulus. 1934Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Jan. p. iv/2 [The Albert Hall organ] has..been heard as an accompaniment to choral singing, and, like the hydraulus in the Roman amphitheatres of old, to gladiatorial spectacles. 1970Oxf. Compan. Mus. (ed. 10) 496/2 Hydraulus, hydraulis, or water organ. This is the most ancient form of organ known. Ibid., In general appearance the hydraulus is like any small organ of today. |