archlutist

English

Etymology

From archlute +‎ -ist.

Noun

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 […]