English lute songs
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The Lute in Britain
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The lute was one of the most important instruments in use in Europe from late medieval times up to the eighteenth century, as a solo instrument, in combination with other instruments, or with the voice. Despite its acknowledged importance this study is the first ever comprehensive work on the instrument and its music, apart from performance studies or bibliographical and reference publications.
Call Number: ML 1010 .S67 L88 2001ISBN: 9780198166207Publication Date: 2001-09-27 -
The Printed Lute Song: A Textual and Paratextual Study of Early Modern English Song Books
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The English lute song book of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
represents a short-lived but well-admired flowering of English printed music.
French lute songs
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French Baroque Lute Music From 1650-1700
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Discussion of performance practice according to historical sources with possible interpretation of selected pieces by the main lutenists and lute composers of the time: Charles Mouton, Jacques Gallot, Ennemond and Denis Gaultier and Phillip Franz LeSage de Richée. The position of the lute in France, characteristics of French Baroque Lute Music, playing techniques, embellishments.
Call Number: ML 1013 .R65 F73 2010ISBN: 9783639308518Publication Date: 2010-11-01 -
French Lutenists and French Lute Music in Sweden
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This article was first published in Le luth et sa musique II, Paris 1984, pp. 59-67 and presented as a paper at the conference at Tours, Centre d'Etudes Supèrieures de la Renaissance, 15-18 September 1980.
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The lute song was a generic form of music in the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras, generally consisting of a singer accompanying himself on a lute, though lute songs may often have been performed by a singer and a separate lutenist. A bass viol was very often used to support the bass line in performance.
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Collections to browse
ML 1010 - 1013 - The lute: history, construction, music and playing
M 1623.5 - Secular vocal music accompanied by lute (Collections)
M 1624.5 - Secular vocal music accompanied by lute (Separate works, by composer)
Useful websites
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History of the Lute by A history of the lute in four parts, with illustrations and explanations.
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The Lute Society The Lute Society, now nearly 60 years old, exists to promote the lute and its music.