The lute is an instrument, with types that have more than 20 strings. It was very popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

INSTRUMENTS OF OTHER DAYS; Characteristics of the Lute, Viol da Gamba, Viola d'Amore and Harpsichord -- To Be Played by Mr. and Mrs. Dalmetsch at Sam Franko's Concert.

When Joesph Mayes first heard the lute he fell in love. While he plays concerts all over the world, he builds the instruments in his Collingswood home.

Jozef Van Wissem, composer, stands with his lute in his Greenpoint apartment in Brooklyn, NY on April 3rd, 2014. Van Wissem is known for his musical collaborations with Jim Jarmusch and scores ...

Back during the Renaissance — we’re talking 1300ish to 1600ish — the lute was the most universally-adored instrument in the Western world. Kings and queens loved its magical, majestic sound.

Bream, by contrast, hoped to make the lute as popular as the guitar, and he set about searching libraries for little-known works that might illuminate the instrument’s expressive strengths.

The big show-ender for PBS on Saturday evening was the concert-slash-interview with Sting, to promote his Great Performances show a little later this season. So Sting, whose reputation precedes ...

Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the 13th century Mali Empire, which stretched across much of West Africa.