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Fun Facts!
- The first lutes were brought to Spain by the Moors. Others may have been brought to Europe from Arabic lands. *The lute is one of the ancestors of the classical guitar.
- During the Renaissance, bigger lutes were designed. Most lutes at this time had seven or eight sets of strings. New kinds of lutes were invented. One new kind of lute made in the Renaissance was the theorbo. Another kind was the archlute.
- You can still hear the lute being played these days in Austin, TX! In fact, ACMS faculty member Scott Horton plays the lute quite a bit with Texas Early Music Project and La Follia.
*Correction - According to Scott Horton, our resident lute guru, "
the lute is not an ancestor of the classical guitar. Guitars and lute co-existed in the same times as far back as is known. They are separate families and nothing to do with each other."
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