chitarrone
an early musical stringed instrument of the lute family with a long neck and two pegboxes, one above the other.
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The chitarrone was used in the orchestra, assisting at dramatic performances as well as in church music.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelThe chitarrone was formerly called Roman theorbo, because it was principally used at Rome.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelA chitarrone, with marquetry and three ornamented sound-holes; made by M. Bueckenberg, in Rome, anno 1614.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelThere was also an archlute, which in its largest form—six feet in height—was known as the chitarrone.
Springtime and Other Essays | Francis DarwinMonteverde employed still another variety of the lute in his orchestra, called the chitarrone, whence our word guitar.
A Popular History of the Art of Music | W. S. B. Mathews
British Dictionary definitions for chitarrone
/ (ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ, ˌtʃɪt-) /
a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
Origin of chitarrone
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