crwth

• Have you ever felt the urge to toot on a carnyx, fiddle with a crwth, or sing a 'barbaric song'? —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• After a while she widened her reputation in a curious way as the only performer on the old Welsh stringed instrument called the "crwth," or cruth. —  Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest
• The harp has always been their principal instrument, and for many centuries a rude kind of violin called the crwth, of which there will be occasion to speak in connection with the violin, at a later period in this work Music illustration: OLD BRETON SONG Da-ik mab gwenn Drouiz, o-re Da-ik pe-tra fell d'id-de? —  A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
• The second class of musical bards was composed of the players upon the crwth, of six strings. —  A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
• For, in addition to being able to accord the harp or the crwth, and play different themes with their variations, two preludes and other pieces "with their sharps and their flats," they had to know the "three styles of expression," and accent them with the voice in different styles of song. —  A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

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