crumhorn
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of crumhorn
1950–55; < German Krummhorn, equivalent to krumm “crooked, bent” + Horn horn
Example Sentences
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He is also credited with playing several instruments, including the recorder, the crumhorn, and “dry ice.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 28, 2018
The early-music ensemble brings Yuletide cheer — and instruments, such as the viol, crumhorn and cittern — from a much earlier time in “Wassail, Wassail!” presented by the Early Music Guild.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2012
Born in Birmingham, Munrow's essential early-music inspiration came when he was at studying English at Cambridge, and discovered a crumhorn hanging on the wall of a friend's room.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
We made our own costumes and masks and learned to play the crumhorn, the celeste and the serpent, to fence and to speak with acceptable French and English accents.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2011
The 17th-century equivalent of the "one that got away", it has a gay choral backing and a blaring crumhorn to boot.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2010
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