Loure (bagpipe)

The loure is a type of bagpipe native to Normandy,[1] popular in the 17th and 18th centuries but later extinct prior to its modern revival.

There was also a larger version known as the haute loure.

References

  1. Édélestand Du Méril; Alfred Émile Sébastien Duméril (1849). Dictionnaire du patois normand. B. Mancel. pp. 147–.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.