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Crotalum

Crotalum logo #10101) European symphonic device 2) European music apparatus 3) European music equipment 4) European music instrument 5) European music device 6) European musical instrument 7) European symphonic apparatus 8) European symphonic instrument 9) European symphonic equipment 10) Greek melodic equipment 11) Greek device
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Crotalum

Crotalum logo #21000 In classical antiquity, a crotalum was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece and elsewhere, including the Korybantes. The term has been erroneously supposed by some writers to be the same with the sistrum. These mistakes are refuted at length by Friedrich Adolph Lampe (1683-1729) in De cymbalis veterum....
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Crotalum

Crotalum logo #21002• (n.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.
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Crotalum

Crotalum logo #20972Crot'a·lum noun [ Latin , from Greek ............ rattle.] (Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.
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Crotalum

Crotalum logo #21217The crotalum was a kind of ancient Greek castanet, rattle or clapper used to mark the rhythm of dance in the worship of Cybele. It was generally made of wood, having a loose piece hinged midway, so that when shaken in the hand a clattering noise was produced.
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