Definition of Kitharas
1. kithara [n] - See also: kithara
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitharas
Literary usage of Kitharas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell (1912)
"... almost seven feet high, with twenty-one strings; the never-failing sistrum (a
kind of rattle); kitharas, the ancestors of our modern guitars; ..."
2. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... from minor to major "harmony" will at once attract atten- „ - , might be; and
the character of the music Harmonies & ' _ ROMAN LYRE AND kitharas. tion. ..."
3. Greek Melic Poets by Herbert Weir Smyth (1900)
"Flower's were thrown into the vehicle, and a throng of friends, relatives, and
servants followed with torches, singing to the accompaniment of kitharas and ..."
4. Music (1900)
"... and these songs, also, were accompanied by kitharas, and during the singing
the singers went through mystic choreographic figures, under the baton of ..."
5. Curiosities of Music: A Collection of Facts Not Generally Known, Regarding by Louis Charles Elson (1880)
"Apuleius speaks of a concert of flutes, kitharas and chorus, and mentioned its
deliciously sweet effect. ..."
6. Orchestral Instruments and Their Use: Giving a Description of Each by Arthur Elson (1902)
"Flutes were employed in combination with other instruments, and Apuleius mentions
a concert of flutes, kitharas and voices, the whole giving a remarkably ..."
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