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Zither  n.  (Mus.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. Note: (Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.)






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"Zither" Quotes from Famous Books



... hath my zither caught the sound, And breathed from out its gates of gold, Each gentle word thy lips have told, Until their ...
— Undine - I • Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

... It was the Greek musician I expected that night," he explained with a laugh. "I was curious to know what stroke of ill-luck had cast him out to play the zither for a night's lodging in a cafe at Tewfikieh. That was all," and he added slowly, in a softer voice, "Yes, ...
— The Four Feathers • A. E. W. Mason

... thousand feelings are communicated that in no other way could be made known; poems are recited that could be uttered in no human tongue, and songs are sung that no human voice could sing, no according zither accompany. ...
— Pepita Ximenez • Juan Valera



Words linked to "Zither" :   dulcimer, zithern



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