- The
cittern or
cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a
stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance.
Modern scholars...
- string-instrument that can be
regarded as a b****
cittern though it does not have the re-entrant
tuning typical of the
cittern.
Probably first built by John Rose in...
- The
Ceterone (Italian), was an
enlarged cetera (Eng.
cittern),
believed to be
similar to the
chitarrone as a
development of the
chitarra and lute to enhance...
- "re-introduced it in
modified form" in the 16th
century as the
cetra (
cittern in English), and it may have
influenced the
development of the
guitar as...
- shorter-scaled
Irish bouzouki as a
cittern,
irrespective of
whether it has four or five courses.
Other relatives of the
cittern,
which might also be loosely...
- [Holburne] (c. 1545 – 29
November 1602) was a
composer of
music for lute,
cittern, and
instrumental consort during the
reign of
Queen Elizabeth I. An "Anthony...
- zither") is a
plucked string instrument from Germany. It is a type of
cittern that has nine (sometimes ten)
steel strings in five courses. Different...
- The
Cithrinchen or Bell
cittern was a
distinctively shaped instrument of the
renaissance and
baroque periods. It was
usually strung with
doubled courses...
-
court circles.
Later it
became po****r and
references have been
found to
citterns being pla**** in the theater, in
taverns and
barbershops in the seventeenth...
- (1805–1883) with one of his Lacôte "floating 7th string" guitars, an 18th-century arch-
cittern, a
French 19th
century cittern, and a
custom extra-large guitar....
