The lute is the most intimately expressive of musical instruments. A descendant of the lyre with which Orpheus mythically tamed the wild beasts, the lute returned to Europe more than a millennium ago ...
A rare, melodious twang was heard this week on U.S. airwaves. The twangs came from an instrument which legend says was invented by a son of Methuselah—the lute, an instrument resembling an archaic ...
85 x 64 cm. (33.5 x 25.2 in.) Erol Makzume, The Sultan’s Italian Court Painter Fausto Zonaro, Florence 2021, ill. p. 137. We are grateful to Erol Makzume for kindly confirming the authenticity on the ...
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