Sentence examples for lute from inspiring English sources

Erdogan also called Demirtas an "infidel" after he pledged to abolish the government directorate of religious affairs and likened him to a "pop star" because he plays the saz, a Turkish folk lute.

She remembers sitting down with her oud (the forerunner of the lute) in front of an audience in Lebanon, where the show is filmed, and where "nobody took me seriously".

Born at the tail end of the 19th century and steeped in the cosmopolitanism of Jerusalem, Jawhariyyeh displayed an early gift for the lute or oud, which, in a city that loved music, gave him access to everyone high and low.

The 55-year-old Sting has laid down his lute to reform The Police, currently on a worldwide tour.

With his family dead or estranged and no one to call his own (even the monstrous Kronos has two loving sons), this lone wolf is invariably called in when the future of mankind is at stake.In quiet moments, Cochrane plays Bach on his lute and whips up pheasant casserole with shallots and Calvados.

There Belacqua is an indolent lute maker, curled up in embryonal shape in purgatory having abandoned an attempt to reach heaven; Beckett's version is hobbled by a similar absence of ambition.

Mr Savall improvises along with his soprano wife, Montserrat Figueras, and their two children, who play the harp and the lute in Hespèrion XXI, one of at least three ensembles he has formed and with which he now tours the world".Hespèrion" derives from the ancient Greek word "Hesperia," meaning west, and refers to the Iberian peninsula.

But they are also musicians and know how difficult it is to tune a lute, a popular instrument in Lebanon.

A lute player by training, he shows almost as much relish for this enterprise as for his wonderful theatre.A step away, in the centre of the city, is another example of the creativity that austerity can spark.

Men and women worship together, whirling and singing to the accompaniment of a lute.

In the 17th century a wide variety of continuo instruments was used, including lute, theorbo, harp, harpsichord, and organ.