This object is a reconstruction of a renaissance lute. These instruments were extremely popular in the renaissance and baroque period and are enjoying a revival in modern times. There are no surviving ...

Metallica’s iconic ‘Nothing Else Matters’ is a masterpiece of accessible metal, and it was really only a matter of time before someone recorded it on a Renaissance lute. The lines between hard rock ...

Pickett and Lovett are Hawke's Bay's renaissance music duo. They have an impressive collection of lutes including one that is absolutely massive. Made with funding from NZ On Air. When musician ...

Micha Gondko here plays the so-called ‘Presbyter’ lute that seems to be from the 16th century: at least it has a label inside with the date 1595, and its proportions appear to match what we know about ...

Larry Brown likes lutes. He's probably made more of them than anyone in the history of lute making since the Renaissance, around 1,300 or so. He also makes violins, violas, reproductions of antique ...

When Joseph Mayes heard the lute, it was love at first note. The Collingswood resident was studying with guitar master Andrés Segovia in Spain in 1968 when the music coming from the pear-shaped ...

Music from England’s Golden Age: Sublime sacred music soaring above intrigues of church and state, and intimate lute songs full of love and longing. This Air is from Royall Consort — Sett No. 2. This ...

The Dryden Ensemble will present THE MOST FAITHFUL COMPANION: LUTE AND GUITAR TRIOS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY on Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill ...