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sitar|ˈsɪtɑː(r), sɪˈtɑː(r)| Also setar, sitarre. [Urdū sitār.] A long-necked, guitar-like, Indian musical instrument, having from three to seven strings which the player plucks. Also attrib. and Comb.
1845Stocqueler Hdbk. Brit. India (1854) 26 A trio of sitars, or rude violins. 1859J. Lang Wand. India 152 Two or three of the company..played alternately on the sitarre (native guitar or violin). 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia vi. 144 One that twitched A three-string sitar. 1898Sir G. Robertson Chitral i. 7 A sitar-player will sing of love. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) IV. 459/1 The Setar is the most popular instrument in northern India. 1957New Oxf. Hist. Music I. iv. 224 Another favourite plucked instrument is the setar, of Persian origin. 1959D. Cooke Lang. Music ii. 55 A recent improvisation on a raga, by one of India's leading sitar-players. 1966Melody Maker 7 May 10 Since George Harrison introduced the sitar on ‘Norwegian Wood’ on the Beatles' ‘Rubber Soul’ album there has been an intense interest in this Indian instrument. 1975D. Lodge Changing Places ii. 85 Someone dimmed the lights and turned up the sitar music. 1978P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music ix. 139 The use of sitars in rock bands. |