The twangs came from an instrument which legend says was invented by a son of Methuselah—the lute, an instrument resembling an archaic mandolin. Rare too was the young lutanist who plunk-a ...

Classical guitarist and lute player Julian Bream has died at his ... of the post-war era", according to the Royal Academy of Music. Bream often spoke of his research into Elizabethan music sparked ...