| LC control no. | sh 00000676 |
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| Topical heading | Bālabān |
| Variant(s) | Balaman |
| See also | Oboe Duduk (Oboe) Mey |
| Found in | Work cat.: 00516704: Kahlid Rashid, 1997: booklet (the balabân is a traditional oboe in Kurdish music; the same type of instrument is found in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey where it is known as duduk or mey) New Grove dict. of musical instruments (bālabān (balaman, yasti balaman, duduk); cylindrical oboe of the Caucasas, especially Azerbaijan, northern Iran, and northeast Iraq, also known in northern Iran by its older Turkish name narme ney or mey; the balaban of the Uzbek and Tajik peoples of Central Asia is a clarinet; reference to duduk (oboe)) |
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