lira da braccio

American

[leer-uh duh brah-choh, -chee-oh, lee-rah dah braht-chaw] / ˈlɪər ə də ˈbrɑ tʃoʊ, -tʃiˌoʊ, ˌli rɑ dɑ ˈbrɑt tʃɔ /

noun

a many-stringed musical instrument of the 15th and 16th centuries, played with a bow and used for polyphonic improvisation.

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Etymology

Origin of lira da braccio

< Italian: lyre for the arm

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lira da braccio

Cloux April 14, ’18 Tomorrow evening, Pietro Papini will play his lira da braccio for us, music I composed in Milan, when friend Atalante and I played and sang.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

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