The vihuela enjoyed only a relatively short period of popularity in Spain and Italy during an era dominated elsewhere in Europe by the lute; the last surviving published music for the instrument appeared in 1576.
Vihuela e gezoi vetem per nje kohe te shkurter popullaritetin ne Spanje dhe ne Itali gjate nje epoke e dominuar kudo ne Evrope nga lahuta, dokumenti i fundit muzikor per kete instrument i takon vitit 1576.