itinerant musician

collocation in English

meaningsofitinerantandmusician

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itinerant
adjective[before noun]
uk
/aɪˈtɪn.ər.ənt/us
/aɪˈtɪn.ɚ.ənt/
travelling from one place to another, usually to work for a ...
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musician
noun[C]
uk
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/
someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as ...
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(Definition ofitinerantandmusicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The popular image of the troubadour or trouvre is that of theitinerantmusicianwandering from town to town, lute on his back.
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Both communities saw it as natural to support itinerant musicians and to expect music to provide a form of direct self-expression, rather than as a subscription to social acceptability.
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These itinerant musicians were generically called kobzari (kobzar singular), and accompanied their singing with the kobza, bandura, or lira.
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The repertoire of these itinerant musicians differed considerably from that sung by the folk including the performance of "dumy" (sung epic poems).
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Blind itinerant musicians, known as kobzars and lirnyks, organized themselves into guilds along the same lines as professional craftsmen.
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Further, klezmorim were usually itinerant musicians, who moved from town to town for work.
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Numerous historic songs about the battle have also entered the repertoire of the blind itinerant musicians known as kobzars.
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The damaru is used by itinerant musicians of all stripes, due to its small portable size.
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It was and still is played by professional, often blind, itinerant musicians known as lirnyky.
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Members performed a variety of roles, as itinerant musicians, masseurs, and acupuncturists.
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