lute

"After losing everything to an undeserving rival, a sixteen-year-old musician sets out to expose that her rival's newfound musical abilities stem from an illegal use of magic--but what she discovers will rock everything she knows about her family, music, and the girl she thought was her enemy"--OCLC.

A magic lute brings wealth and happiness to a poor young man and his mother.

Kaal, a young orphan boy, is summoned by the king, who hopes that the music from his lute will revive his dying daughter, Arianne.

The score of Western music was written largely during the Renaissance. The composers and musicians who provided the soundtrack to this remarkable period are the subject of this comprehensive volume, which also takes an in-depth look at instruments of the day.