Cornemuse de Poitou

Cornemuse de Poitou (Fr.), bagpipe that Mersenne described as differing from the ordinary bagpipe (cornemuse) only in that it had 1 drone instead of 2. Its chanter was at unison with the *hautbois de Poitou, with which it was played in duet (114, 140). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Kinsky, Georg. “Doppelrohrblattinstrumente mit Windkapsel,” in Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, Vol. 7. 1925. Mersenne, Marin. Harmonie universelle. Paris, 1636; and Harmonicorum libri XII. Paris…