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Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either fretted or unfretted) and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes. The European lute and the modern Near-Eastern oud both descend from a common ancestor via diverging evolutionary paths. The lute is used in a great variety of instrumental music from the early renaissance to the late baroque eras. It is also an accompanying instrument, especially in vocal works, often realizing a basso continuo or playing a written-out accompaniment. The player of a lute is… read more

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2	Play track	Love this track	Frogg galliard	Hopkinson Smith	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
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8	Play track	Love this track	Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999	Johann Sebastian Bach	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
9		Love this track	Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15	John Dowland	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
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