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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237

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ts used by the minstrels,the harp, or, as it was called in the old Saxon, theglee-beam (or glee-wood), stood first in theirregard. In addition, the trumpet, the pipe (orflute), the viol (or fiddle), the horn, the drum (ortabor), the cymbals, hand-bells, and a portableorgan, known as the dulcimer,… … ANGLO-5AXON MINSTRELS AND JUGGLERS. strument much in favor with the lower orders ofsociety. The dulcimer, or organ, was much in use, if wemay judge from its frequent introduction into pict-ures. The bagpipe was an instrument mostly used byshepherds and rustic musicians, who, in commonwith other…

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