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| Keywords: Lanfranco Scintille 1.jpg en Citterns de Cistern 1 Dominici Zwólff Chórichte Cither 2 Orche Chotrchte Cither References cite book Michael Praetorius Syntagma musicum Theatrum Instrumentorum Seu Sciagraphia - Michaelis Praetorii C 2 Richterus 1620 1620 VII http //books google com/books id EhhDAAAAcAAJ pg PT16 dq Michael+Praetorius+Theatrum+Instrumentorum v onepage cite web Andrew M Hartig 1999-2012 Cittern Picture Gallery - Woodcuts http //www cittern theaterofmusic com/woodcuts/ The Renaissance Cittern Site <small>This is a somewhat modified style of the 6-course cittern again courtesy of Praetorious Here one can see the change from sagitall to lateral pegs straight shoulders to curved ones and the inclusion of the Kithara scrolls This is approximately to scale with the previous picture One might make the claim that even Praetorious considered it a newer cittern because it was in the same woodcut as the next cittern This picture represents the cittern player's answer to the theorbo - a 12-course cittern Praetorious calls this the Dominici Zwolff Chorichte Cither after the person Dominici who supposedly played it Here is the Renaissance at its finest the sound of wire with the versatility of a plucked continuo instrument But it should be noted that even lutes were sometimes strung with metal strings rather than gut </small> Michael Praetorius 1620 Syntagma musicum Theatrum Instrumentorum Seu Sciagraphia Richterus plate VII http //www cittern theaterofmusic com/woodcuts/prashot1 jpg Giovanni Maria Lanfranco / Michael Praetorius 1533 / 1620 PD-old Cittern Syntagma musicum | ||||
