Citterns in French public collections. Instruments and musical iconography

Florence Gétreau (1) , Joël Dugot

1 IRPMF - Institut de recherche sur le patrimoine musical en France

Six citterns preserved in the musée de la Musique in Paris are described, analysed in their organological features and compared with iconographical documents. Measurements, temperament, and polychromy are systematically presented.

Mots clés: cittern; allegory of music; organology; iconography; xrays; polychromy; measurements

Mots clés: cistre; ceterone; allégorie de la musique; concert; tempérament; organologie; iconographie; musée de la Musique; radiographies; polychromie; mesures

Domaines: Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène; Art et histoire de l'art

Florence Gétreau, Joël Dugot. Citterns in French public collections. Instruments and musical iconography. Gitarre und Zister. Bauweise, Spieltechnik und Geschichte bis 1800. 22. Musikinstrumentenbau-Symposium Michaelstein, 16. bis 18. November 2001, 2004, Blankenburg, Germany. pp.51-68. ⟨halshs-00009495⟩