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Galileo’s father, a lutenist, took part in heated debates with fellow-musicians and argued through experiments, like hanging weights from lute strings to test their tension.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
French lutenist Thomas Dunford will play everything from Renaissance music to Erik Satie March 21.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Conductor and lutenist Stephen Stubbs will be collaborating with Bach Collegium San Diego.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
At times, songs would be published with a bass line, allowing the lutenist to add harmonies and style that pointed to the song’s words.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2021
If a lutenist happened to be on the Mayflower, as has been presumed on a new recording, the journey would have included luminous lute dances — pavanes, galliards and alemandes — by England’s greatest living and gloomiest composer, John Dowland.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
The idea behind this recital from a noted countertenor and a lutenist is simple: Shakespeare’s words, set to music, interspersed with readings from the playwright, given by the actor Simon Jones.
—David Allen, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
French lutenist Thomas Dunford will play everything from Renaissance music to Erik Satie March 21.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Conductor and lutenist Stephen Stubbs will be collaborating with Bach Collegium San Diego.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
At times, songs would be published with a bass line, allowing the lutenist to add harmonies and style that pointed to the song’s words.
—Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2021
If a lutenist happened to be on the Mayflower, as has been presumed on a new recording, the journey would have included luminous lute dances — pavanes, galliards and alemandes — by England’s greatest living and gloomiest composer, John Dowland.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
The idea behind this recital from a noted countertenor and a lutenist is simple: Shakespeare’s words, set to music, interspersed with readings from the playwright, given by the actor Simon Jones.
—David Allen, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
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“Lutenist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lutenist. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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