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TAMBOURIN

Volume 17 · 71 words · 1810 Edition

is the name of a dance performed on the French stage. The air is lively, and the movements are quick.

The same name is applied to a musical instrument, formed of a hoop, over which is stretched a piece of parchment or vellum, while bells and hollow hemispheres of brass are loosely hung in holes cut in the hoop. The tambourin Tamerlane is used only as an accompaniment to other instruments.