单词 | bandura |
释义 | banduran. Music. A large Ukrainian stringed instrument resembling an asymmetrical lute with many strings, held vertically and plucked like a zither. Cf. pandoura n.Early forms of the instrument varied in size, shape, and number of strings; the modern asymmetrical bandura appeared in the late 19th century in order to increase the number and range of the strings (with as many as 68 strings on the modern instrument). ΘΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > other stringed instruments > [noun] > others sambucac1384 barbiton1545 alpharion1599 barbit1624 strumstrum1697 magadis1721 polychord1737 bumbassa1796 bell-harp1798 pipa1839 cavaquinho1863 nanga1864 bow1872 zither1877 ukeke1891 molo1912 pluriarc1923 Helicon- 1846 Critic 25 Apr. 452/2 The popular songs which were formerly chanted in the Ukraine by old men with long beards, who accompanied themselves on the bandoura (a sort of guitar) in the centre of a crowd. 1873 Athenæum 29 Nov. 695/3 The recitation of the doumy is accompanied by the music of an instrument, somewhat like a guitar, called a bandura, with from twelve to twenty-four strings. 1956 I. Urwin tr. A. Buchner Musical Instruments throughout Ages 37 The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked instrument; a state bandura orchestra has been formed in the Ukrainian SSR. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music i. 166/2 The bandura formerly accompanied minstrels' songs and ballads, but it is now most heard in popular orchestras. 2022 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Herald (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Opinion section) 19 A group of people from the Australian-Ukrainian community..came together to organise the concert... Larissa will play the bandura, Ukraine's national instrument. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1846 |
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