Assertion: lute | /r/HasProperty | the most popular instrument
Facets:
value: for part of the continuo
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with the publication of numerous lutebooks
type: OTHER
value: from the 15th
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the western world
type: LOCATION
value: in the renaissance era
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the Renaissance era, the lute was the most popular instrument in the Western world.
text: From the 15th to the early 18th century the lute was the most favoured instrument, at first for the accompaniment of the singing voice or part of the continuo, but with the appearance of the great lutenists and composers (Vincenzo Capirola, John Dowland, Alessandro Piccinini or Nicolaes Vallet) and the publication of numerous lutebooks also used as a solo instrument.