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What (who) is cittern - definition
PLUCKED STRING INSTRUMENT
Cister; Cistre; Zister; Zitter; Cithern; Citterns; Citherns; Quiterne; Cither; Theorbized cittern; Cithren
Cittern
·noun An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
cittern
['s?t(?)n]
¦ noun a lute-like stringed instrument with a flattened back and wire strings, used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
Origin
C16: from L. cithara, from Gk kithara, denoting a kind of harp; the spelling has been influenced by gittern.
Cithern
·noun ·see Cittern.
Wikipedia
Cittern
The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the Medieval citole (or cytole). Its flat-back design was simpler and cheaper to construct than the lute. It was also easier to play, smaller, less delicate and more portable. Played by people of all social classes, the cittern was a popular instrument of casual music-making much like the guitar is today.
Examples of use of cittern
1. It‘s worth considerably more than that.‘‘ Also beating expectations was a cittern, a string instrument like a guitar, believed to have been made at the turn of the 17th century.