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Definition of Rebecks
1. rebeck [n] - See also: rebeck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebecks
Literary usage of Rebecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems by Charles Grosvenor Osgood (1900)
"about, and young people come to dance to the tune of jocund rebecks. At night
whispering winds bring sleep, and with it dreams of towered cities and the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"'s band in 1526 consisted of 15 trumpets, 3 lutes, 3 rebecks, ... In 1534 his
band was composed of :6 trumpets, 4 lutes, 3 rebecks, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1880)
"'s band in 1526 consisted of 15 trumpets, 3 lutes, 3 rebecks, ... In 1530.
his band was composed of 16 trumpets, 4 lutes, 3 rebecks, ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Samuel Lover by Samuel Lover (1868)
"But reed and stop may stop away— Louder instruments let's play ; Let the merry
bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound, Best befitting ..."
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