Būrū

Būrū (Turk.), 1. obs. trumpet of the Turks and Turkomans, known in the 17th c. and introduced into Negro Africa from N. Africa; 2. horn of the Sudanese Bambara and of the Vai (25, 76, 93). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Bessaraboff, Nicholas. Ancient European Musical Instruments. Boston, 1941. Farmer, Henry George. Turkish Instruments of Music in the 17th Century. Glasgow, 1937. Hause, Helen E. “Terms for Musical Instruments in the Sudanic Languages,” Supplement to the…