archlutist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

archlute +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

archlutist (plural archlutists)

  1. Someone who plays an archlute.
    • 1970, Gordana Lazarevich, The Role of the Neapolitan Intermezzo in the Evolution of Eighteenth-century Musical Style: Literary, Symphonic and Dramatic Aspects, 1685-1735:
      The remaining musicians were grouped in the following fashion : two archlutists, eight violinists, two contrabassists, one harpist.
    • 1994, The New Yorker:
      MARION VERBRUGGEN AND JAKOB LINDBERG — The recorder player and the archlutist / Baroque guitarist perform sonatas, suites, divisions, and variations by Jakob van […]
    • 2002, Richard E. Spear, From Caravaggio to Artemisia: Essays on Painting in Seventeenth-century Italy and France:
      The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […]
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