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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rude form of viol, common in India.
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The ravanastron is a common instrument with the mendicant friars of this order.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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An example of their simplest form exists in the ravanastron, or banjo-fiddle, supposed to have been invented by
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The only other known examples of bowed instruments of primitive type are (1) the _ravanastron_, an instrument of the monochord type, native to India, made to vibrate by a kind of bow with
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
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Still, all the nations around Hindostan have the tradition that the art of playing music by means of a bow is very old, the C.ylonese attributing the invention to one of their kings who reigned about 5000 B.C. Their ravanastron is very crude.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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The primitive violin was the ravanastron, which the Ceylonese claim to have been invented by one of their kings, who reigned about 5000 B.C.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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Besides the primitive form of the bowed instrument, the ravanastron
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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The ravanastron he brought home with him from India, and under the name Rebec it found its way into
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
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