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The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) [1] 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).
The lira da braccio (or lyra de bracio [1]) was a European bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.It was used by Italian poet-musicians [2] in court in the 15th and 16th centuries to accompany their improvised recitations of lyric and narrative poetry. [3]
A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th centuries) and early Baroque (1600–1750) [citation needed] periods, although revisited by some later European composers. [1]
("Ye Muses, the honour of Parnassus, the love of Heaven") Coro di ninfi e pastori Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti ("Leave the mountains, leave the fountains") In two sections, with an instrumental ritornello after each section Pastore primo (First shepherd) Ma tu, gentil cantor, s'a tuoi lamenti
The cythara is a wide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe, including not only the lyre and harp but also necked, string instruments. [1] In fact, unless a medieval document gives an indication that it meant a necked instrument, then it likely was referring to a lyre.
The orpharion (/ ˌ ɔːr f ə ˈ r aɪ ən / or / ɔːr ˈ f ær i ən /) or opherion / ɒ ˈ f ɪər i ən / is a plucked stringed instrument from the Renaissance, a member of the cittern family. Its construction is similar to the larger bandora and is an ancestor of the guitar. The metal strings are tuned like a lute and are plucked with the ...
However, some show instruments strung in three, four, or five individual strings. The British Museum citole originally had pegs for six strings (the holes covered up when the instrument was converted to violin and revealed under X-Ray photography). On that instrument the neck isn't wide enough for six individual strings, as strung on a modern ...
The vielle / v i ˈ ɛ l / is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, three to five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs, sometimes with a figure-8 shaped body.