单词 | orpharion |
释义 | orpharionn. A large instrument of the lute family, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum or the fingers.Said to have been invented c1560 by John Rose, citizen of London, living in Bridewell. See New Grove Dict. Music (1980) XIII. 869. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute tamboura1585 orpharion1593 theorbo1605 stumpa1623 polyphone1655 polythore1661 poliphant1664 dyphone1676 archlute1728 oud1738 chitarrone1740 pandoura1797 pipa1838 yüeh ch'in1839 tamboura1864 saz1870 laud1876 opheriona1922 tiorba1940 plectrum lute1970 1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. Dv Set too the Cornet and the flute, The Orpharyon and the Lute. 1601 P. Rosseter (title) A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian and base violl. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §146 It maketh a more Resounding Sound than a Bandora, Orpharion or Cittern, which have likewise Wire-strings. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 20 To one he Petitioned for a Violl, to another for a Lute, to this Man for an Orfarian. 1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music Orpheoreon or Orphoreon. 1878 Grove's Dict. Music II. 612 A larger orpheoreon was called Penorcon, and a still larger one Pandore: Prætorius spells this Pandorra or Bandoer. 1959 J. R. Bernasconi Collector's Gloss. 355 Orpharion, a lute or cittern having it's strings in pairs and played with a plectrum, used during the 16th and 17th centuries. 1990 Opera Now May 76/1 The gentle tone of the wire-strung orpharion, which Rooley uses to great effect in many of the songs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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