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- noun Alternative spelling of
cimbalom .
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Examples
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I hope the Enescu really used the solo fiddle to play the hell out of the music: I have an old Bruno LP with gypsy music recorded by a Hungarian string orchestra in the late 30's (it's unsettling to think what probably happened to these players in a few years 'time); it features a solo violin -- and a cimbalon -- jumping through its texture with a startling vitality.
Borrowing privileges Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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You have like a cimbalon sound, the gypsy instrument.
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You have like a cimbalon sound, the gypsy instrument.
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Have also enjoyed Dan Hope's recent solo recording East Meets West, an intriguing programme that combines Indian music with Ravi Shankar with Ravel's Tzigane complete with Lutheal - that bizarre device that Ravel invented to make the piano sound like a cimbalon - and also Bartok and de Falla with accompaniments doctored in similar gypsy fashion, to glittering effect.
Owch Jessica 2004
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Have also enjoyed Dan Hope's recent solo recording East Meets West, an intriguing programme that combines Indian music with Ravi Shankar with Ravel's Tzigane complete with Lutheal - that bizarre device that Ravel invented to make the piano sound like a cimbalon - and also Bartok and de Falla with accompaniments doctored in similar gypsy fashion, to glittering effect.
Archive 2004-11-01 Jessica 2004
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The cimbalon in our living room, beside the piano,
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