orpharionn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːfəˈrʌɪən/,

/ɔːˈfarɪən/, U.S.

/ˌɔrfəˈraɪən/,

/ɔrˈfɛriən/

Forms: 1500s orpheryon, 1500s–1600s orpharyon, 1600s orfarian, 1600s orpherian, 1600s orpherion, 1600s orphirian, 1600s orpherin (transmission error), 1600s 1900s– orpharion, 1800s orpheoreon, 1800s orphoreon.

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Orpheus, Arion.

Etymology: < the name of Orpheus (see Orphean adj. and n.) + Arion, the name of a famous mythical cithar-player from Methymna in Lesbos. Compare:1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G3 Another Orpheus; an Arion, riding on the backe of a Dolphin.

A large instrument of the lute family, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum or the fingers.Said to have been invented c1560 by John Rose, citizen of London, living in Bridewell. See New Grove Dict. Music (1980) XIII. 869.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute

tamboura1585

orpharion1593

theorbo1605

stumpa1623

polyphone1655

polythore1661

poliphant1664

dyphone1676

archlute1728

oud1738

chitarrone1740

pandoura1797

pipa1838

yüeh ch'in1839

tamboura1864

saz1870

laud1876

opheriona1922

tiorba1940

plectrum lute1970

1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. D^v Set too the Cornet and the flute, The Orpharyon and the Lute.

1601 P. Rosseter (title) A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian and base violl.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §146 It maketh a more Resounding Sound than a Bandora, Orpharion or Cittern, which have likewise Wire-strings.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 20 To one he Petitioned for a Violl, to another for a Lute, to this Man for an Orfarian.

1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music Orpheoreon or Orphoreon.

1878 Grove's Dict. Music II. 612 A larger orpheoreon was called Penorcon, and a still larger one Pandore: Prætorius spells this Pandorra or Bandoer.

1959 J. R. Bernasconi Collector's Gloss. 355 Orpharion, a lute or cittern having it's strings in pairs and played with a plectrum, used during the 16th and 17th centuries.

1990 Opera Now May 76/1 The gentle tone of the wire-strung orpharion, which Rooley uses to great effect in many of the songs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orpharion
释义	orpharionn. Brit. /ˌɔːfəˈrʌɪən/, /ɔːˈfarɪən/, U.S. /ˌɔrfəˈraɪən/, /ɔrˈfɛriən/ Forms: 1500s orpheryon, 1500s–1600s orpharyon, 1600s orfarian, 1600s orpherian, 1600s orpherion, 1600s orphirian, 1600s orpherin (transmission error), 1600s 1900s– orpharion, 1800s orpheoreon, 1800s orphoreon. Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Orpheus, Arion. Etymology: < the name of Orpheus (see Orphean adj. and n.) + Arion, the name of a famous mythical cithar-player from Methymna in Lesbos. Compare:1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iii. sig. G3 Another Orpheus; an Arion, riding on the backe of a Dolphin. A large instrument of the lute family, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, having from six to nine pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum or the fingers.Said to have been invented c1560 by John Rose, citizen of London, living in Bridewell. See New Grove Dict. Music (1980) XIII. 869. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > lute > types of lute tamboura1585 orpharion1593 theorbo1605 stumpa1623 polyphone1655 polythore1661 poliphant1664 dyphone1676 archlute1728 oud1738 chitarrone1740 pandoura1797 pipa1838 yüeh ch'in1839 tamboura1864 saz1870 laud1876 opheriona1922 tiorba1940 plectrum lute1970 1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. D^v Set too the Cornet and the flute, The Orpharyon and the Lute. 1601 P. Rosseter (title) A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian and base violl. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §146 It maketh a more Resounding Sound than a Bandora, Orpharion or Cittern, which have likewise Wire-strings. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion v. 20 To one he Petitioned for a Violl, to another for a Lute, to this Man for an Orfarian. 1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music Orpheoreon or Orphoreon. 1878 Grove's Dict. Music II. 612 A larger orpheoreon was called Penorcon, and a still larger one Pandore: Prætorius spells this Pandorra or Bandoer. 1959 J. R. Bernasconi Collector's Gloss. 355 Orpharion, a lute or cittern having it's strings in pairs and played with a plectrum, used during the 16th and 17th centuries. 1990 Opera Now May 76/1 The gentle tone of the wire-strung orpharion, which Rooley uses to great effect in many of the songs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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