Flutes, pipes, or bagpipes? Observations on the terminology of woodwind instruments in Old and Middle Irish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20037634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacopo Bisagni (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 343-394 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Early Medieval Ireland and Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers (PUBLISHER • BE) |
| DOI | 10.1484/m.stt-eb.5.103128 |
| OpenAlex | W2487868506 |
| ISBN | 9782503553139 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Old and Middle Irish sources offer a rich array of terms referring to woodwind instruments. However, terms like buinne, cuisech, cuisle, fetán, pípa, etc. are variously translated as ‘flute’, ‘whistle’, ‘pipe’, ‘bagpipe’, and the like, seemingly without much consideration for the organological reality underlying these lexical items. This article will look at the linguistic and textual evidence relating to some of these terms, with the aim of achieving a more precise identification of the musical instruments in question
Art · Art history · Flute · Identification · Irish · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Terminology · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
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