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The '''lute''' is a plucked string instrument that entered [[Europe]] during the [[Middle Ages]] as a descendent of the [[Arab]] ''‘ūd'' (''oud''), introduced during the [[Moors|Moorish]] occupation of [[Spain]] from the early 8th century AD. It flourished, especially from the 15th century, reached a peak during the 16th and 17th centuries, and became almost obsolete during the late 18th. It has enjoyed a revival during the last half century with the explosion in interest in music played with “authentic instruments” and has regained most of the ground it lost to its sibling, the guitar, in modern performances of music of its heyday.  

The '''lute''' is a plucked string instrument that entered [[Europe]] during the [[Middle Ages]] as a descendent of the [[Arab]] ''‘ūd'' (''oud''), introduced during the [[Moors|Moorish]] occupation of [[Spain]] from the early 8th century AD. It flourished, especially from the 15th century, reached a peak during the 16th and 17th centuries, and became almost obsolete during the late 18th. It has enjoyed a revival during the last half century with the explosion in interest in music played with “authentic instruments” and has regained most of the ground it lost to its sibling, the guitar, in modern performances of music of its heyday.