His music for "From a Lute of Jade," settings of Chinese poems from the fifth through seventh centuries, is economical, understated and lovely, unmarred by even a trace of Oriental exotica.
Mr. Hand, who studied with Mr. Bream, ended his set with the premiere of "For Julian," a lute work he composed for the occasion built of themes in an Elizabethan style, with contemporary harmonic and rhythmic touches.
The National Gallery did not ask for another, "Woman With a Lute" (circa 1662).
A late 16th-century innovation in both Italy and England was the ayre (air), a simple chordal setting especially suitable for a solo voice with a lute or a consort of instruments playing the other parts.
A stuffed tiger here, a papier-mâché elephant there, a lute for the dancing Nikiya: such incidentals change.
Immediately taken with the music, he decided that it should be heard on the instrument it was written for, and he had a lute made.
Music You'd think that a quasi-medieval series would settle for a few lute waftings.
Use a capo at fret 1, (a device for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string that corresponding number of half tones).
And why full Elizabethan costume, and a lute accompanist, for yet another declaration, this one by their chum Dumaine (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe)?
She must display her talents and her preferences, even to purchasing a lute and a cage for her parrot.
You get a Lute with two slots for 60 Fine-Grained Trunks.
