lutanist, lutenist
(ˈl(j)uːtənɪst)
Also 7 lutonist, 7–8, (9 arch.) lutinist.
[ad. med.L. lūtānista, f. lūtāna lute.]
A lute-player.
| 1600 J. Dowland 2nd Bk. Songs title-p., Batchelor of Musick, and Lutenist to the King of Denmark. a 1634 Randolph Muses Looking-gl. iv. v. (1638) 84 The Lutanist takes Flats and Sharpes, And out of those so dissonant notes, does strike A ravishing Harmony. 1759 Johnson Rasselas ii, I likewise can call the lutanist and the singer. 1789 Burney Hist. Mus. III. ii. 243 The celebrated Striggio a lutenist and voluminous composer. 1881 Shorthouse J. Inglesant II. 52 An accomplished lutinist and singer. 1892 C. E. Norton Dante's Par. xx. 135 As a good lutanist makes the vibration of the string accompany a good singer. 1898 S. Lee Life Shaks. xv, Lyrics..set to music by Robert Johnson, a lutenist in high repute. |