The vihuela's popularity could not reach all of europe because

The Vihuela was developed in Spain in 16th century, at the same time the lute emerge as the favorite instrument of the aristocracy in nearly all of Europe which Spain did not favor much because they saw the lute as an instrument associated with the Moors. However, they appreciated the lute music script so they searched to find an instrument that could perform the same as a lute. The Spanish aristocrats took the Guitarra and added six double strings and it was enlarged and gave it to a new form from the older one played by the commons in Spain.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

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