Lutenist

Quick meaning: Lutenist is a noun meaning One who plays the lute, a lutist.

Meaning

One who plays the lute, a lutist.

Example Sentences

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.

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 punch than the smaller group delivered.

Word Forms

• lutenists
• lutanist

Synonyms for lutenist

Depending on context, synonyms include lutist, lutanist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lutist, lutanist, luter, lutemaker, luthier, lyrist.

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