释义 |
‖ kantele|ˈkantiliː| [Finn.] A form of zither used in Finland and Karelia.
1921Glasgow Herald 24 Nov. 8 Eastern Karelia, where the kantele players still survive, is the home of the most characteristic Finnish music. 1960G. Taylor Mortlake iii. ix. 272 The kantele..was a large wooden box, pentagonal and tapering at one end. The five strings were stretched the length of the instrument. 1969Listener 24 July 124/1 The best bits were musical: a lovely Lapp pentatonic chant, a zither-like instrument called a kantele, and, of course, liberal doses of Sibelius. |