The theorbo is the instrument with the coolest name, but he also plays the lute, among other things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference

Sting accompanies himself on an archlute, also called a theorbo, and is joined on some numbers by lutenist Edin Karamazov.    From Wordnik.com.  [DesignerBlog] Reference

It was a kind of theorbo or bass-lute, but with one neck only, bent back at right angles to form the head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

There I bumped into Seth Warner, old roomate and, of course, young theorbo player.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference

Elizabethan times must have warmed his spirit, as he sat tuning his sublime theorbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference

(Soundbite of music) HANSEN: Rolf Lislevand playing a toccata by Alessandro Picinnini on the theorbo here in Studio 4A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rolf Lislevand, Improvising with 'Nuove Musiche'] Reference

Here it was performed with reduced forces: lute, two violins and a continuo of cello and theorbo (a very long bass lute).    From Wordnik.com.  [In performance: Bach Sinfonia] Reference

The small solo theorbo théorbe de pièces has a range identical to that of the angélique, as we have mentioned earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

At the same moment, through the pillars of the Temple of Amor, the sound of a dulcian, a clarino and a theorbo could be heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

The fourth predominates in the renaissance lute and the theorbo, while in the thirteen-course baroque lute the third is more common.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

Here I learned to play on ye theorbo, taught by Sig.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees] Reference

And I should have brought my theorbo and serenaded you.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Pride Or When the World Was Younger] Reference

Feasley said he plans to do some recordings on the theorbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald-Mail Online] Reference

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Matthew Wadsworth (lute & theorbo).    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The theorbo hit the music scene about the end of the 16th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

And you'll toss your gilt theorbo down on the nearest star or moon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Road to Paradise] Reference

David Tayler of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with his theorbo, a.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

Lute or theorbo, viola or viol di gamba, treble or bass, came alike to his hand and ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Pride Or When the World Was Younger] Reference

The theorbo, which came on the scene sometime around the end of the 16th century, has 14.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

The girl with the theorbo looked fixedly at him from underneath the long lashes of her eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thais] Reference

ABOUT: Music by Cora Swenson on cello, Jason Moy on harpsichord and Peter Swenson on theorbo.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He recognised the player of the theorbo, who, partly relieved of his weight, raised her breast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thais] Reference

Then she takes a theorbo and "composed the following couplets" -- of which the first may suffice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

The principal accompaniment came from the theorbo and baroque guitar, eloquently played by Hank Heijink.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSJ.com: What's News US] Reference

At the moment, Feasley has been nursing his interest in the theorbo, a large lute with an extended neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald-Mail Online] Reference

Some gust from brave Elizabethan times must have warmed his spirit, as he sat tuning his sublime theorbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Samuel Pepys] Reference

The ensemble includes soprano Sally Sanford, Cathy Liddell on theorbo and Brent Wissick on viola da gamba.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for Charlottesville Daily Progress] Reference

She was taught drawing, singing, and to play on the theorbo; had learning, and wrote very agreeable verses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Reference

I had a good dinner for them, as a venison pasty and some fowl, and after dinner we did play, he on the theorbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 59: November 1667] Reference

There is a humorous comparison of the long waists of ladies, which came into fashion about 1621, with the theorbo, by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference

Frenchman do so much wonders on the theorbo, but without question he is a good musician, but his vanity do offend me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 59: November 1667] Reference

And so, having a violin and theorbo, did fall to dance, here being also Mr.. Floyd come hither, and by and by Mr. Harris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference

The dwarfs also gave concerts and taught her to play the lute, the viola, the theorbo, the lyre, and various other instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honey-Bee 1911] Reference

If you've ever wondered what a theorbo is or just how big a lute can be and still be called a lute, this is the concert for you.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference

And every night the player of the theorbo left the wall, approached him, and spoke in a clear voice mingled with soft breathing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thais] Reference

'theorbo-ing' a lute, which essentially means adding a long neck to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

A venison pasty and some fowl, and after dinner we did play, he on the theorbo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference

That's just what the theorbo does.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rolf Lislevand, Improvising with 'Nuove Musiche'] Reference