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Compositions played on the lute
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- Lute music, originating from the medieval and Renaissance periods, features compositions played on the lute —a stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body renowned for its rich, resonant sound. This style of music gained popularity in Europe with iconic composers like John Dowland and is characterized by intricate melodies and harmonies.
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Oct 3, 2024 · Lute, in music, any plucked or bowed chordophone whose strings are parallel to its belly, or soundboard, and run along a distinct neck or pole. In this sense, instruments such as the Indian sitar are classified as lutes. The violin and the Indonesian rebab are bowed lutes, and the Japanese samisen.
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A lute (/ ljuːt / [1] or / luːt /) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
Discovering the music of the lute is an Alice-through- the-keyhole experience: what appears to be a very small world of sound grows ever larger until one realises that as many different moods are expressed in the lute repertoire as in the Classical orchestra repertoire, or in the worlds of jazz or folk music.
- Brief History
- Composers and Repertory
- Anatomy of The Lute
- Related Instruments
- Bibliography
The history of the European lute is rooted in a mythology and symbolism that stems back to ancient Greece. The Greek lyre held an esteemed position among the instruments at the time, which later inspired the musicians, philosophers, and theorists of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Ancient Greek musicians used the lyre, as well as the kithara, a l...
Lutenists typically play music drawn from the repertory of the Medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque periods. Over time, the lute has amassed an extensive and unique literature, primarily by composers who were themselves lute players. The best of these lutenist composers, such as Francesco Canova da Milano, John Dowland, or Silvius Leopold Weiss, certa...
The lute is perhaps most notable for its deeply rounded, ovoid body fabricated out of thin strips of wood glued together edgewise. The body is closed by a wooden soundboard or table to which the bridge is glued. The strings are tied through the bridge and stretched along a neck, across a fingerboard which is fitted with a number of tied frets, over...
In the field of organology, the systematic study of musical instruments, the term “lute” is broader and more generic and includes, for example, the Chinese p’i-p’a and Japanese biwa, the Arabic ’oud, and gourd-based instruments of sub-Saharan Africa. The activities of the Lute Society of America focus primarily on the historical European lute and i...
Smith, Douglas Alton, A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance.The Lute Society of America, Inc. (2002) ISBN: 0-9714071-0-XLundberg, Robert, Historical Lute Construction.Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma WA (2002)Spring, Matthew, The Lute in Britain.Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York (2001) ISBN: 0-19-816620-6Luths et Luthistes en Occident.Cité de la Musique, Paris (1999) ISBN: 2-906460-98-2English renaissance lute music. by Chris Goodwin, first printed in Lute News 90-91. In its long history the lute experienced not one, but a series of ‘Golden Ages’, and Elizabethan and Jacobean England certainly enjoyed one of these. The chief glory and ornament of the Elizabethan lute is of course the music of John Dowland (1563–1626 ...
The Italian channelled his renowned improvisatory skills into writing ricercars and fantasias, which influenced generations to follow. But for a first taste of the rich world of the lute, head to the bountiful Elizabethan golden era, when the instrument was in its heyday.
Jul 13, 2015 · From the Arabian oud to the medieval, renaissance and baroque lutes, this article briefly charts the development of this versatile, beautiful and enduring instrument, featuring 8 videos illustrating the changes and developments of the lute and its music.
