| 释义 |
‖ ranz-des-vaches|rɑ̃(s) de vaʃ|
Also † rens de vache, erron. -vach.
[Swiss dial. of Fribourg, f. ranz, of doubtful origin and meaning + ‘of the cows’.]
One of the melodies peculiar to Swiss herdsmen, usually played on an Alpine horn, and consisting of irregular phrases made up of the harmonic notes of the horn. Also transf.
1773C. Burney Present State of Music in Germany II. 125 His lordship next confirmed to me, the account of the Maladie du Païs or home-sickness, being brought on by the tune called the Rens de Vache, if heard by any of the Swiss troops in foreign service. 1801Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 492/1 Every Senn has an harmonious set of at least two or three bells, chiming in with the famous ranz des vaches. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 299/1 The bands of the Swiss regiments in foreign service were forbidden to play the Ranz des Vaches. 1841C. Lever Charles O'Malley I. xxxvi. 201 Your wild countrymen [sc. Irish troops] have heard their Ranz des vaches, it seems. 1857Longfellow in Life (1891) II. 557 The sound of his voice was like a Ranz des Vaches to her ears. |