Lutes either rose in ancient Mesopotamia prior to 3100 BC or were brought to the area by ancient Semitic tribes. The lutes were pierced lutes; long-necked lutes with a neck made from a stick …

The lute was also used throughout its history as an ensemble instrument—most frequently in songs for voice and lute, which were particularly popular in Italy (see frottola) and England. …

鲁特琴（lute）也称琉特琴，是一种曲颈拨弦乐器。 一般这个词主要指中世纪到巴洛克时期在欧洲使用的一类古乐器的总称，是文艺复兴时期欧洲最风靡的家庭独奏乐器。

The Extant Lutes Database is an online resource for lute makers, scholars, players and others interested in the history of the lute. It contains over 800 entries of lutes that have survived into …

2025年3月7日 · In Europe, lute refers to a plucked stringed musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. The lute that was prominent in European popular art and music of the …

Lutes belong to the oldest plucked instruments. Lute-like instruments have been found in archeological remains in the Middle East and the Far East from as long as 4000 years ago. In …

The lute was pre-eminent in a family of plucked-string instruments which included the mandoline-like citole and the gittern (q.v.), as well as the long-necked Saracen or Moorish guitar. The lute …

2015年7月13日 · From the Arabian oud to the medieval, renaissance and baroque lutes, this article briefly charts the development of this versatile, beautiful and enduring instrument, …

The lute declined in France very rapidly after 1700, while the 5-course guitar and the theorbo remained popular. Thus the history of the lute is largely Italian in the 16 th century, French in …

Most historic lutes are in museums, a few in the hands of private collectors. A new interactive online database of historic lutes that have survived into modern times.