| 单词 | turkish crescent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTurkish crescent Turkish crescent n. Music = Chinese pavilion n. at Chinese adj. and n. Compounds 7; cf. jingling Johnny n. (a) at jingling adj. 2 (a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > Chinese pavilion Chinese pavilion1837 pavillon chinois1876 Turkish crescent1891 jingling Johnny1904 1891 C. R. Day Descriptive Catal. Musical Instruments Royal Mil. Exhib., London, 1890 xii. 233 There were specimens of the old Turkish Crescent (chapeau chinois), once a favourite adjunct to military bands, and known in former years by the familiar nick-name of ‘Jingling Johnny’. They consisted of brass hoops, hung with little bells.., and ornamented with gilded crescents and long streaming tails of horse-hair. They were carried upon poles. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 965/1 Turkish crescent or Turkish jingle.., a noise maker introduced into military bands..at a time when there was a craze for ‘Turkish music’. 1961 J. Blades in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiv. 338 The middle of the eighteenth century when European military bands were being increased to include percussion instruments on the lines of the Turkish military music—bass drum, cymbals, triangle, and sometimes also tambourine and the Jingling Johnny or Turkish Crescent. < as lemmas |
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