lute

A Dutch guide to marine life from the late 1500s claims that some whale species “like to hear music played on the lute, harp, flute and similar instruments.”

“America’s commitment to its allies is not altruism or charity, but serves a vital national interest,” Mr. Lute said.

Some of the numbers that will be featured in a concert on Friday at the Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side are exquisite settings for voice and lute by composers like Robert Johnson and Thomas Morley.

Think of the mischievous grin of his jolly jester in “The Lute Player.”

Jein even had the Vulcan lute played by Leonard Nimoy’s “Mr. Spock.”