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The Day Henry Met…A Lute
Today Henry meet a Lute who sings and narrates everything in this episode. Henry learns all about renaissance fairs but Lute hasn’t been on any exciting adventures to sing about. Lute can’t go on any adventures without a brave...
Cerebellum
The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
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Close Up, static - A merchant displays a variety of guitars and other stringed instruments / Egypt
Close Up, static - A merchant displays a variety of guitars and other stringed instruments / Egypt
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1921 MONTAGE Little girl on a barrel conducting a group of children singing for a few miners, and a singer playing her lute for neighbors and children during the coal strike / London, England
1921 MONTAGE Little girl on a barrel conducting a group of children singing for a few miners, and a singer playing her lute for neighbors and children during the coal strike / London, England
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A room filled with Chinese lanterns and candles, then panning to a Chinese woman sitting and playing a Pipa, a Chinese lute.
A room filled with Chinese lanterns and candles, then panning to a Chinese woman sitting and playing a Pipa, a Chinese lute.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Syria's traditional oud making on the decline
While the conflict that has ravaged Syria over the past six years has devastated many of its historic crafts the production of the oud the oriental lute has been particularly hard hit
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CLEAN : Belgian musician builds musical bridge across the Bosphorus
Tristan Driessens at the age of 36 is one of the very few western masters of the oud the oriental lute
Bridgeman Arts
Afghanistan 1945 - nomadic people with camels and donkeys, playing the rubab (traditional Afghan instrument), girl sings.
Desert, plain, nomads, herds, shepherd, a man playing the national instrument of Afghanistan, the rubab, very old windmills. Camels, children by the river, young bird trainer, young girl with turban singing while a young man watches, two...
Bridgeman Arts
Paintings by Liotard, Jean-Etienne
Focusing on the idea of the oriental representation in the paintings of Jean-Etienne Liotard. Elements like instruments or clothes show the strong connection to the eastern world and the desire to be part of it.
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: A Selection of Lute Music
Listen to a selection of lute music from the Yale University performance series.