tiorban.
/ˈtjɔːbə//tiˈɔːbə/ Music.
= theorbo n.
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tamboura1585
orpharion1593
theorbo1605
stumpa1623
polyphone1655
polythore1661
poliphant1664
dyphone1676
archlute1728
oud1738
chitarrone1740
pandoura1797
pipa1838
yüeh ch'in1839
tamboura1864
saz1870
laud1876
opheriona1922
tiorba1940
plectrum lute1970
1940 C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instruments 372 The torban cannot have been copied from the Italian tiorbo. It is not only much clumsier, but different.
1960 Times 1 July 16/6 Vivaldi..used a varied assortment of instruments in his concerti grossi... One a regular menagerie..two mandolines, two tiorbe.., first violins [etc.].
1976 Early Music 4 410/2 Castaldi wrote duets for the tiorba to play with tiorbino, tuned an octave higher.
1988 Jrnl. Royal Mus. Assoc. 113 158 There is a Regina caeli for alto and ‘tiorba’.
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