lutenist
lutenist noun: one who plays the lute, a lutist.
Noun
lutenist (plural lutenists)
- One who plays the lute, a lutist.
- A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200
- And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- Synonyms:
- lutist
Synonyms of lutenist
Forms of lutenist
| plural | lutenists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | lutanist |
Origin of lutenist
Borrowed from Medieval Latin lutanista, from lutana (“lute”), from Middle French lut. By surface analysis, lute + -n- + -ist.
Questions about lutenist
- What does lutenist mean?
- Lutenist means one who plays the lute, a lutist.
- What part of speech is lutenist?
- Lutenist is a noun.
- What is the plural of lutenist?
- The plural of lutenist is lutenists.
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