The only instrument of the lute family now in use, however, is a shriveled and degenerate member, the mandolin, which is not taken seriously in modern art. Consequently the music written for the ...

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The members of the Silentwoods Collective perform with antique and reproduction 18th-century instruments, including the theorbo, which is a member of the lute family, as well as violin, harpsichord, ...

As he sings, Klemen's dancers raise him into the air and hold him upside down, to represent the disorientation the family felt ... riff on the saz – a long-necked plucked instrument similar to the ...

Canberra Bach Ensemble, with period instruments. Photo: Peter Hislop ... Watching Shaun Ng on the spectacular theorbo (the giant of the lute family) was a special treat in Johann Schein’s Die mit ...

But Tennison does not seem to think his decision to take up an instrument in the lute family is particularly unusual. He figures his playing might spur the creation of dopamine-producing neurons and ...

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“Lute gets up there, perfectly coiffed hair, that signature blue blazer and crisp white shirt and khakis, movie-star looks, and then he proceeds to talk about family and the importance of ...

Although Portage wasn’t officially incorporated as a town until 1959, its rich history extends back to the 1830s, when early European settlers first came to the area. They first arrived with ...