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). 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.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cittern" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 399–400.
The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. Cister, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola) is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars...
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court circles. Later it became popular and references have been found to citterns being played in the theater, in taverns and barbershops in the seventeenth...
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[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...
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early 20th centuries. These variants all use metal strings, similar to the cittern. The word "zither" is derived from Latin cythara, which was used in this...
to the guitar, as guitarra meant the "Portuguese guitar", a variety of cittern. There were many different plucked instruments that were being invented...
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written by Kathleen Schlesinger. Where Winternitz later focused on the cittern, Schlesinger concentrated on the chain of instrument evolution from cithara...
of machine head tuning system for string instruments, named for English cittern (English guitar) maker John Preston and developed in the 18th century....
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