Aeolian harp
See also: aeolian harp and æolian harp
English
Alternative forms
- æolian harp (archaic)
- aeolian harp
Etymology
Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds.
Noun
Aeolian harp (plural Aeolian harps)
- (music) An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, [1]
- […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, [1]
Synonyms
Translations
type of harp
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of chordophones
References
- “Aeolian harp, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.