Lute
The lute is a musical instrument of the plucked string family. It is comprised of a body and a neck that serves as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body. A musician who plays the lute is called a lutenist.
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History
Ser Tom the Strummer, the young Jaehaerys I's court singer,[1] was presumably a lutenist judging by his epithet.
The knight Ser Raymond Rychard used a shield that had a lute on a purple field among other things during the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.[2]
When Lord Farman grew defiant to House Lannister's influence, Tywin Lannister sent a musician to Faircastle who performed The Rains of Castamere on a lute. Lord Farman caused no further trouble after hearing the message.[3]
Recent events
A Game of Thrones
In disguise, Mance Rayder travels to Winterfell and plays the lute at the feast for King Robert.[4]
A Storm of Swords
When Jon Snow is brought before Mance Rayder, the king is playing his lute and singing The Dornishman's Wife.[4]
Symon Silver Tongue informs Tyrion Lannister that Alaric of Eysen is one of the seven singers chosen to sing at the wedding feast of King Joffrey and Queen Margaery, where he will compete for a gilded lute with silver strings.[5] Galyeon of Cuy is also among the competitors. The competition is interrupted when the king dies after drinking poisoned wine.[6]
A Feast for Crows
Brienne of Tarth recalls that Richard Farrow once played love songs on his lute outside her pavilion in his efforts to woo her.[7]
Horas Redwyne has taken up the lute, and plays often for Margaery Tyrell.[8]
Cersei Lannister interrogates the Blue Bard, hitting him in the face with his own lute.[9]
Known lutenists
- Ser Tom the Strummer, the Bard of Flea Bottom, Jaehaerys I Targaryen's first court singer.[1]
- Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, also a singer.[4]
- Galyeon of Cuy, also a singer and renowned songwriter.[6][10]
- Ser Richard Farrow.[7]
- Ser Horas Redwyne, a beginner.[8]
- Wat, known as the Blue Bard, also a luthier and singer.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fire & Blood, The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight, graphic novel.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 7, Jon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
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