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Lorenzo Allegri (1567 – 1648) was an Italian composer, who worked at the Medici court, in Florence. [1] He was mainly known as a lutenist, and for lute he wrote dances, sometimes with vocal parts.
The pierced lute had a neck made from a stick that pierced the body (as in the ancient Egyptian long-neck lutes, and the modern African gunbrī [7]). [8] The long lute had an attached neck, and included the sitar, tanbur and tar: the dutār had two strings, setār three strings, čārtār four strings, pančtār five strings. [5] [6]
Eastern lute players play the Eastern lutes (see tanbur). Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. ...
Very little is known of Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London; some sources even put his birth year as 1563.Irish historian W. H. Grattan Flood claimed that he was born in Dalkey, near Dublin, [1] [b] but no corroborating evidence has been found either for that or for Thomas Fuller's claim that he was born in Westminster. [2]
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The word luthier is originally French and comes from luth, the French word for "lute".The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be used in French for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family (including violas, cellos, and double basses) and guitars.
Ronn McFarlane (born 1953) is an American lutenist and composer, most notable as an interpreter of Renaissance music. [1] [2] He formerly taught lute at the Peabody Conservatory, and has recorded many albums as a solo performer and in collaboration with others, including the groups Ayreheart and The Baltimore Consort, and as a guest artist for countless other groups.
Andrew Rutherford (born in 195?) is an American lutenist and luthier [1] living and working in Albany and New York City.He is considered to be one of the most important contemporary makers of Renaissance and Baroque lutes, archlutes and theorbos.