Assertion: lute | /r/ObjectUse | used as a solo instrument
Facets:
value: with the publication of numerous lutebooks
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The lute was also used as a solo instrument and musicians found that it could be played with fingertips as well as with a quill.
text: At first, it had been employed to accompany the singing voice, but with the appearance of the great lutenists and composers (Vincenzo Capirola, John Dowland, Thomas Mace, Valentin Bakfark, Alessandro Piccinini or Nicolaes Vallet) and the publication of numerous lutebooks, it was also used as a solo instrument since musicians found that it could be played with fingertips as well as with a quill.