Kifared , according to another tradition, kypharod ( dr. Greek κιθαροιδός, κιθαρῳδός, lat. Citharoedus ) is an ancient Greek musician who plays cifar , an instrument of the ancient Greeks, a kindred lyre . In addition to playing music, the kyfareds also sang (simultaneously with the game or alternately). Instrumentalists who did not sing, but only played music, are usually called cipharists (from other Greek: κιθαριστής ).
Famous Greek cifareds: Terpander (also famous for playing Avlos ), Timothy of Miletus , Stratonik of Athens (whose skill and wit was sung by Athenaeus in his book “Feast of the Wise Men”), Lysander of Sikion (historian of the 4th century BC; Filochor considers his inventor of solo instrumental music making).
The famous cifareds in ancient Rome were also of Greek origin - Turp, Diodorus and Mesomed.
Literature
- Maas M., Snyder JM Stringed instruments of Ancient Greece. New Haven, London, 1989.
- Mathiesen T. Apollo's lyre. Greek music and music theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Lincoln & London, 1999 (further extensive bibliography is in this book).