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lutenist
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lu·te·nist also lu·ta·nist  (ltn-st)
n.
A lute player. Also called lutist.
[Medieval Latin ltnista, from ltna, lute, possibly from Old French lut; see lute1.]
lutenist [ˈluːtənɪst], lutanist US and Canadian (sometimes), lutist [ˈluːtɪst]
n
(Music, other) a person who plays the lute
[from Medieval Latin lūtānista, from lūtāna, apparently from Old French lut lute1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lutenist - a musician who plays the lute
lutanist, lutist
instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Translations
lutenist
n → Lautenist(in) m(f), → Lautenspieler(in) m(f)


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Lute music in tablature was printed throughout the sixteenth century, but Galilei was the first to propose a method of converting vocal music to a form playable on the lute; for all the dances and fantasias that sixteenth-century lutenists published, it was still the intabulation of vocal music--madrigals, chansons, motets, and even masses--that forms the bulk of the repertory.
de Vincenzo Galilei by Blackburn, Bonnie J. / Renaissance Quarterly
The recruitment of continental virtuoso lutenists to the Royal Court points to the domination of foreign lute music, particularly that of Italy.
Matthew Spring. The Lute in Britain: a History of the Instrument and ... by Minamino, Hiroyuki / Renaissance Quarterly
These instructions pertain to lutenists of either sex but their concern for decorum is particularly addressed to women, so intimately associated with this instrument in Renaissance culture.
The Gendering of the Lute in Sixteenth-Century French Love Poetry [*] by ZECHER, CARLA / Renaissance Quarterly
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