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Definition of Theorbos
1. theorbo [n] - See also: theorbo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theorbos
Literary usage of Theorbos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Iohn Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S.: To which are Added a Selection from His by John Evelyn (1906)
"... the French King's Secretary, to a concert of French music and voices, consisting
of 24, two theorbos, and but one bass viol, being a rehearsal of what ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"But early in the 17th century many large lutes had been altered to theorbos by
substituting double necks for the original single ones. ..."
3. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[The theorbos are heard playing.] Your pardon!... a second! ... CYRANO listens
to the theorbos, one of which plays a lively, and the other a lugubrious tune ..."
4. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"[T'A« theorbos are heard playing.] Your pardon! ... a second! ... CYRANO listens
to the theorbos, one of which plays a lively, and the other a lugubrious ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Perhaps the earliest lutes were so played, but the large lutes and theorbos strung
with catgut have been invariably touched by the fingers only, ..."
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