helicon

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helicon. Form of bass tuba made so that it may be wrapped round the player's body and rest on the shoulder (useful when played on the march). So called because of helical (spiral) shape. Largely displaced by modified version, sousaphone.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

Helicon, Mount

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Helicon, Mount a mountain in Boeotia, central Greece, to the north of the Gulf of Corinth, which was believed by the ancient Greeks to be the home of the Muses.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

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