This is a list of composers who wrote for lute and similar period instruments: theorbo, chitarrone, vihuela etc. Composers who worked outside of their country...

Below is a list of composers of lute music, ordered by nationality. Johann Anton Logy (1650–1721) Guillaume de Morlaye (c.1510–c.1558) Adrian Le Roy (c...

Below is a list of composers of lute music, ordered by chronology. Miguel de Fuenllana (c.1500–1579) (Spain) Luis de Milán (c.1500–1561) (Spain) Alonso...

movement for authenticity. The revival of the lute gave composers an opportunity to create new works for it. One of the first such composers was Johann...

This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks....

theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck that houses the second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound...

re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo...

and breadth of lute music from the same period. Most Renaissance lute music has been transcribed for guitar (see List of composers for lute). The baroque...

includes concertos, suites, sonatas, fugues, and other works for organ, harpsichord, lute, violin, viola da gamba, cello, flute, chamber ensemble, and...

second major period of Western classical music, the lives of Renaissance composers are much better known than earlier composers, with even letters surviving...

links to film adaptations. For composers whose names fall into the A-L alphabetic range, see List of musicals by composer: A to L. Contents A B C D E...

was arranged and used as a theme for variations by many composers. He wrote a lute version of the popular ballad "My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home"....

of gut strings and moveable gut frets. The first (highest pitched) course sometimes used only a single string. The Baroque guitar replaced the lute as...

Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date...

ISBN 978-0-7390-0502-6. Hannu Annala; Heiki Mätlik (2008). Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers. Mel Bay Publications. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7866-5844-2. Johann...

1959), is a guitarist and composer, best known for his fantasy and romantic music compositions for the classical guitar and lute. Krylov was born in Leningrad...

cracked body of the lute, suggest the theme of transience: love, like all things, is fleeting and mortal. The choice of Franco-Flemish composers over native...

courses lute (Calchedon, Calichon) (1726) Gallichon The mandora or gallichon is a type of 18th- and early 19th-century lute, with six to nine courses of strings...

Eastern short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument (a chordophone in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification of instruments), usually...

performer and composer of the early Baroque period. A prolific and highly original composer, Kapsberger is chiefly remembered today for his lute and theorbo...

his virtuoso lute performances and his compositions for lute were known and appreciated. He is one of the most important composers for lute in the era following...

The lute head (琴頭) is for decoration. Three common decorative patterns are ruyi (如意, good fortune), peony and dragon. They are usually made of plastic...

developed into the guitar familiar today, the influence of the earlier style continued. Examples of lutes converted into guitars exist in several museums, while...

lute composer of his time. More of his music is preserved than of any other lutenist of the period, and his work continued to influence composers for...

(figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of the lute in...

general term for irregular arpeggiated texture in instrumental music of the Baroque period. It is commonly used in discussion of music for lute, keyboard...

e danze) is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, freely transcribed from original pieces for lute. In addition to being...

which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp. The kora is built from a gourd, cut in half and covered with...

The tar (from Persian: تار, lit. 'string') is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan...

famous classical Serbian composers include Isidor Bajić, Stanislav Binički and Josif Marinković. Several notable composers used motifs from Serbian folk...