Chanter — This article is on the bagpipe part; for the musical office, see Cantor. For people named Chanter, see Chanter (surname). The chanter of the Great Highland bagpipe. The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody.… … Wikipedia
Chanter — This interesting surname is an occupational name for a singer, chorister or precentor, deriving from the Middle English, Anglo French chantour , Old French chantroir meaning enchanter or magician . The surname dates back to the early 13th Century … Surnames reference
Bagpipes — are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes … Wikipedia
Canter — This interesting surname is an occupational name for a singer, chorister or precentor, deriving from the Middle English, Anglo French chantour , Old French chantroir meaning enchanter or magician . The surname dates back to the early 13th Century … Surnames reference
Cornish bagpipes — are the forms of bagpipe once common in Cornwall. Bagpipes and pipes are mentioned in Cornish documentary sources from c.1150 to 1830 and bagpipes are present in Cornish iconography from the 15th and 16th centuries. Contents 1 Early documentary… … Wikipedia
Cantor — Recorded in many spelling forms including Canter, Cantor, Caunter (English), Kanter, Kanther, and Kantor (German, Austrian and Hungarian), Chaunter and Chanson (France), and others, this interesting surname is occupational. It describes a singer… … Surnames reference
Kanter — Recorded in many spelling forms including Canter, Cantor, Caunter (English), Kanter, Kanther, and Kantor (German, Austrian and Hungarian), Chaunter and Chanson (France), and others, this interesting surname is occupational. It describes a singer… … Surnames reference
Kantor — Recorded in many spelling forms including Canter, Cantor, Caunter (English), Kanter, Kanther, and Kantor (German, Austrian and Hungarian), Chaunter and Chanson (France), and others, this interesting surname is occupational. It describes a singer… … Surnames reference
Nana Mouskouri — Nana in 2006 Background information Birth name Ιωάννα Μούσχουρη (Ioánna Moúschouri) Born October 13, 1934 … Wikipedia
Chantrell — The primary source of this interesting surname is the Old French chanterelle , a small bell, a treble (soprano voice) in singing, from chanter , to sing, originally given either as a nickname to one who rang this bell, or to a chorister or… … Surnames reference
