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Lute
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The most beautifully elaborate instruments from the Baroque
10. Lute
The lute was used in a wide variety of instrumental music from the Medieval to the late Baroque eras and was the most important instrument for secular music in the Renaissance.The player of a lute could be called a lutenist, lutanist, lewtist or lutist, and a maker of lutes is a luthier. Photo: Getty
