Composers for the lute, Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl 1508) Francesco Spinacino (fl 1507) and Vincenzo Capirola (1475-1548) were at the beginning of this ‘golden age’ of solo lute music, and were also ...

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 ...