guslen.

/ˈɡʊslə/

Forms: Also gusla, gustlé, guszla, guzla.

Etymology: Serbian.

A bowed stringed musical instrument found in the Balkans, usually having only a single string, and used chiefly to accompany and support the chanting of the epic poems of the southern Slavs.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other types of violin

gue1809

Hardanger fiddle1843

Hardanger violin1843

sarangi1851

gusle1869

sultana1876

erhu1908

phonofiddle1923

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 265 The national instrument..is the guzla... In shape it is like an elongated pear cut in half, and it is something between a guitar and a violin.

1874 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 2) 204 This species of violin somewhat resembles the guszla which has been in use by most of the Slavonic tribes in Europe from an early period.

1880 Grove's Dict. Music I. 642 Guzla, a kind of rebab, a bow instrument with one string only, used in Illyria.

1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xxxvi He then makes ready his gusle which in shape bears a rough resemblance to a mandolin.

1930 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 225 The gustlé player is the Serbian equivalent of the Saxon harpist.

1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 313 A male gipsy who sang and played the gusla.

1969 Observer 26 Jan. 32/5 This was the residence of Petar Petrovic Njegos II.., prince, crack shot, player of the gusle (the Montenegrin lute) and author.

Derivatives

ˈguslar n. (pl. guslari) one who plays the gusle; a singer of traditional epic poems.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > zither player

zither player1850

zitherist1866

guslar1891

1891 E. S. Hartland Sci. Fairy Tales i. 16 A viol having only one string accompanies the passages in verse..; and a similar instrument seems to be used..among the orthodox Guslars of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1908 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/4 A blind guslar, playing the gusla.

1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xix If the Turkish dominion had endured a century or two longer, the separate ballads of the Kossovo cycle chanted by the Serbian guslari, would have fused together.

1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xix The bard or guslar is often blind.

1923 Glasgow Herald 13 June 7 The wandering minstrels or guslari.

1930 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. XLI. 79 There is too little known about the making of the early poetry in hexameters for us to liken the Singers to the Serbian Guslars without more ado, or to make of Homer a Singer like any other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gusle
释义	guslen. /ˈɡʊslə/ Forms: Also gusla, gustlé, guszla, guzla. Etymology: Serbian. A bowed stringed musical instrument found in the Balkans, usually having only a single string, and used chiefly to accompany and support the chanting of the epic poems of the southern Slavs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other types of violin gue1809 Hardanger fiddle1843 Hardanger violin1843 sarangi1851 gusle1869 sultana1876 erhu1908 phonofiddle1923 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 265 The national instrument..is the guzla... In shape it is like an elongated pear cut in half, and it is something between a guitar and a violin. 1874 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 2) 204 This species of violin somewhat resembles the guszla which has been in use by most of the Slavonic tribes in Europe from an early period. 1880 Grove's Dict. Music I. 642 Guzla, a kind of rebab, a bow instrument with one string only, used in Illyria. 1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xxxvi He then makes ready his gusle which in shape bears a rough resemblance to a mandolin. 1930 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 225 The gustlé player is the Serbian equivalent of the Saxon harpist. 1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 313 A male gipsy who sang and played the gusla. 1969 Observer 26 Jan. 32/5 This was the residence of Petar Petrovic Njegos II.., prince, crack shot, player of the gusle (the Montenegrin lute) and author. Derivatives ˈguslar n. (pl. guslari) one who plays the gusle; a singer of traditional epic poems. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > zither player zither player1850 zitherist1866 guslar1891 1891 E. S. Hartland Sci. Fairy Tales i. 16 A viol having only one string accompanies the passages in verse..; and a similar instrument seems to be used..among the orthodox Guslars of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1908 Daily Chron. 29 July 4/4 A blind guslar, playing the gusla. 1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xix If the Turkish dominion had endured a century or two longer, the separate ballads of the Kossovo cycle chanted by the Serbian guslari, would have fused together. 1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević Introd. p. xix The bard or guslar is often blind. 1923 Glasgow Herald 13 June 7 The wandering minstrels or guslari. 1930 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. XLI. 79 There is too little known about the making of the early poetry in hexameters for us to liken the Singers to the Serbian Guslars without more ado, or to make of Homer a Singer like any other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1869
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