| 释义 |
lysarden, n. Early Mus.|ˈlɪzədən|
Also lyzarden, lyzardyne.
[f. lysard, obs. var. of lizard n., on account of its shape: see -en2, -ine4.]
A wind instrument of the cornett family, predating the serpent.
a1601J. Hooker Descr. Citie Excester (1919) III. 946 The shall trewlye & in salffitie redelyver at all tymes when the same shalbe required of theym such settes & noyses of Instrumente as they have of the Citie aswell Recordes as others bought at the Cities charges... A doble Curtall a Lyserden Too tenor hoyboyes [etc.]. c1602in F. W. Galpin Old Eng. Instruments of Mus. (1910) ix. 166 Three hoeboys with a curtall and a lysarden. 1910F. W. Galpin Ibid. xv. 280 A lysarden (probably a serpent). 1940Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 4) Suppl. 409 The Lyzarden or Lyzardyne is named as a musical instrument in inventories of the 16th and 17th centuries. 1953W. L. Woodfill Musicians in Eng. Soc. iv. 85 The Norwich waits played..a lyzardyne (probably a great cornett in S form) by about 1585. 1976D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 70/4 The tenor cornett in C was so large that it necessitated two curves in the tube instead of one; hence an English name lysarden or lizard. 1980Early Music Jan. 111 (Advt.), For details of Curved Cornetts, Mute Cornetts, Lysarden and Serpents write for new pricelist and brochure. |