Word: theorbo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recorder was antique even in Shakespeare's time. Although in England and Germany the recorder never quite became extinct, elsewhere it became a museum piece like the crwth (a type of Welsh fiddle), the nose flute, the theorbo. Five years ago, when a man asked for a recorder at G. Schirmer, Inc., Manhattan's big music store, he drew blank. Last week Schirmer's had a window full of recorders. Even during the dull summer months, sales had gone...