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PRONUNCIATION OF BARREL ORGAN

barrel organ play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARREL ORGAN

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Barrel organ is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BARREL ORGAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barrel organ

Barrel organ

A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated. The basic principle is the same as a traditional pipe organ, but rather than being played by an organist, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning a crank, or by clockwork driven by weights or springs. The pieces of music are encoded onto wooden barrels, which are analogous to the keyboard of the traditional pipe organ.

Definition of barrel organ in the English dictionary

The definition of barrel organ in the dictionary is a similar instrument in which the projections on a rotating barrel pluck a set of strings.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARREL ORGAN

barre
barred
barred spiral
barred warbler
barred woodpecker
barrel
barrel distortion
barrel roll
barrel vault
barrel-chested
barrel-house jazz
barrel-shaped
barrelage
barrelful
barrelhead
barrelhouse
barrelled
barrelling
barren

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARREL ORGAN

argan
donor organ
electric organ
electronic organ
end organ
Glamorgan
great organ
Hammond organ
house organ
Mid Glamorgan
Morgan
mouth organ
organ
piano organ
pipe organ
reed organ
sense organ
sex organ
South Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan

Synonyms and antonyms of barrel organ in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «barrel organ» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARREL ORGAN

Find out the translation of barrel organ to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barrel organ from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barrel organ» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

手摇风琴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

organillo
570 millions of speakers

English

barrel organ
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बैरल अंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برميل الجهاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шарманка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Realejo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যারেল অঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orgue de barbarie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Organ tong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leierkasten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バレルオルガン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배럴 오르간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tong organ
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thùng cơ quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பீப்பாய் உறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅरेल ऑर्गन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

laterna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

organetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

narządy baryłkę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шарманка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

baril de organe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαρέλι οργάνων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

draaiorgel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vevpositiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fat orgel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barrel organ

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARREL ORGAN»

The term «barrel organ» is normally little used and occupies the 121.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARREL ORGAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barrel organ

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARREL ORGAN»

Discover the use of barrel organ in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barrel organ and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Barrel Organ
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edwin Waugh, 2012
2
The Music of the English Parish Church:
This volume provides an anthology of parish church music of all kinds from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, newly edited from primary sources for study or for performance.
Nicholas Temperley, 2005
3
The Christian Observer
For this reason, a single dissonant or ciphering note, on a barrel organ, is sufficient to prove a grievous annoyance to a congregation. A barrel organ is never a good auxiliary to singing, while it always is an impediment to its progress, and on ...
4
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Barrel organ music [M] 74.33 7] Here are entered compositions not in a specific form or of a specific type for solo barrel organ, and collections of compositions in several forms or types for solo barrel organ. Barrel organ players USE Organ ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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The History of the English Organ
Though nothing new in principle Thomas Dallam's organ for the Sultan of Turkey was surely of this type the barrel organ suddenly became popular after 1 800. Flight & Robson were the specialists in the field: a spectacular example survives at ...
Stephen Bicknell, 1999
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The History of the Organ in the United States
The reliability of this source might be questioned, because it continued: "Among other innovations he introduced open diapasons, which have been a specialty with this house ever since" [157]. A barrel organ built by Jardine in 1842 can still be ...
Orpha C. Ochse, 1988
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The Organ: An Encyclopedia
This made barrel organ players totally independent, whether the instruments they played were (1) used in smaller churches as substitutes for trained organists and genuine organs, (2) chamber organs performing the popular repertoire of the ...
Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel, 2006
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
BARREL ORGAN. A musiml instrument, of all others the most easy of manipulation, as it requires nothing beyond the regular rotary motion of a handle to keep it playing. In some examples even this power is a plied mechanimlly, either by ...
G. Grove
9
Adrian Stokes: An Architectonic Eye : Critical Writings on ...
Sitwell remembers his mother, a Sephardi Jew, as 'quite different in character [...] very good looking [with] a certain amount of Spanish blood, remotely in her'. The sound of a barrel organ evokes this London childhood as recorded in a ...
Stephen Kite, 2009
10
Shostakovich Studies 2
The young woman was settling in, unpacking her things; suddenly the alarm clock went off, and then the tune of the distant city barrel-organ was heard. A tambourine's crude strikes and the hoarse cry of the shaman (a genuine recording) ...
Pauline Fairclough, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARREL ORGAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barrel organ is used in the context of the following news items.
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Megan Vaughan: I spent June seeing the same show over and over …
I've loved new work from Spanish company Atres Bandes, absorbed the inescapable ennui of youth with a work-in-progress from Barrel Organ, ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
2
Making a pitch for a special VE day party
“I do remember that the chap they got the barrel organ from didn't collect it for six weeks and the only place where we could keep it was in the ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jun 15»
3
Memorable evening for Twynholm ladies at Dalbeattie
Members and friends of Twynholm Women's Institute were welcomed to Dalbeattie Museum by music from a Dutch barrel organ, the only item ... «The Galloway Gazette, Jun 15»
4
Double the fun in village with a day of two halves
Strawberries and cream, barrel organ music and plenty of red and white bunting helped guests step back in time. Girl Guides scampered over ... «Burton Mail, Jun 15»
5
Dubai Airports CEO in Queen's birthday honours list
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths plays his synthesised barrel organ at his home in Dubai in 2012. Griffiths, 57, began a career in the travel ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jun 15»
6
Watch: Float, float on – back to the 1938 Shrewsbury Carnival
The film shows the colourful and imaginative floats, dancing troupes, a man on stilts, and a donkey pulling a barrel organ. One of the floats is for ... «shropshirestar.com, Jun 15»
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History: the organ at St Swithun's
In 1825, a barrel organ was purchased for St Swithun's and installed in the gallery, and the choir and schoolchildren would sit either side of it. «East Grinstead Online, Jun 15»
8
Honour Bayes' fringe theatre picks: June 3
The programme is an eclectic mix of up and coming names including Figs in Wigs, Barrel Organ Theatre, On The Run Theatre and Sh!t Theatre. «The Stage, Jun 15»
9
Birmingham is All Ears with new exhibition exploring history and …
Violin-Playing Monkey Automaton with Barrel Organ consisting of wooden box with toy monkey in a red dress on top. The history and legacy of ... «Birmingham Mail, May 15»
10
Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum moving to Cowichan Bay
It took five shipping crates to bring over the collection, including an 18th century barrel organ, a small Dutch street organ, musical pocket ... «Black Press, May 15»

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