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Shawm

The shawm (/ʃɔːm/) is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 13th or possibly 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually eclipsed by the oboe family of descendant instruments in classical music. It is likely to have come to…

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Double reed

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Shawm

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples91
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Shawm

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related to Modern performances · 15
Shawm → Band, Blackmore's Night, David Munrow, Instruments, Lincoln Waites, Lincoln's, LondonCity, Many, Middle Ages, Musick, Piffaro, Renaissance, The Early Music Consort, The Mayor, The Renaissance Band
related to External links · 13
Shawm → Archived, Cambridge University Press, Dolçaina, DulcianChisholm, Encyclopædia Britannica, Germans, Germany, Hugh, Lübeck, Schalmei, The Renaissance Shawm, Video, Wayback Machine
related to Oboe · 12
Shawm → Around, Curiously, Dutch, European, French, German, Germans, He, Martin Hotteterre, Schalmey, Several, The
related to Etymology · 9
Shawm → Ancient Greek, Calamus, In English, Latin, Middle English, Old French, The, There, Vulgar Latin
related to Use · 9
Shawm → By, German, However, Italian, Larger, Renaissance, Stadtpfeifer, The, This
related to Dulcian/bassoon · 7
Shawm → Baroque, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, The, This
see also · 7
Shawm → Bombard, BrittanyGyaling, Hornpipe, Italian, Italy, Korea, Tibetan
related to Charumera · 6
Shawm → Iberian, It, Japan, Japanese, Portuguese Christian, The
related to Progeny of the shawm · 6
Shawm → Michael Praetorius, Plate, Praetorius, Syntagma Musicum II, The, Theatrum
Classification · 1
Shawm → Double reed

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instrument shawms reed instruments century bore music citation made europe pirouette also needed sound later dulcian french renaissance still 16th

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShawmClassificationDouble reed1.00infobox
schalmeinstance ofThe later reduction in the 15th and 16th centuries to a single syllable in forms0.80text
shaumeinstance ofThe later reduction in the 15th and 16th centuries to a single syllable in forms0.80text
shawmeinstance ofThe later reduction in the 15th and 16th centuries to a single syllable in forms0.80text
and finallyinstance ofThe later reduction in the 15th and 16th centuries to a single syllable in forms0.80text
the crumhorninstance ofother instruments0.80text
cornamuse were preferredinstance ofother instruments0.80text
Shawmrelated to CharumeraThe0.60section
Shawmrelated to CharumeraJapanese0.60section
Shawmrelated to CharumeraJapan0.60section
Shawmrelated to CharumeraPortuguese Christian0.60section
Shawmrelated to CharumeraIberian0.60section

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