The lute in Britain : a history of the instrument and its music
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The lute in Britain : a history of the instrument and its music
（Early music series）
Oxford University Press, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
While Spring focuses on the lute in Britain, he also includes two chapters devoted to continental developments: one on the transition from medieval to renaissance, the other on renaissance to baroque, and the lute in Britain is never treated in isolation. Six chapters cover all aspects of the lute's history and its music in England from 1285 to well into the eighteenth century, whilst other chapters cover the instruments early history, the lute in concert, lute song accompaniment, the thearbo,
and the lute in Scotland. Writing for the music student, the serious listener, the player, maker, and lute enthusiast, Spring makes available for the first time, over 40 years of musical scholarship previously the preserve of academic journals.
Table of Contents
- Note to the Reader
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Lute in England before 1500
- 3. From Medieval to Renaissance: A Continental Excursus, 1480-1530
- 4. The Early and Mid-Renaissance Periods (1500-1580)
- 5. The Golden Age, Part I (1580-1603)
- 6. The Lute in Consort
- 7. The Golden Age, Part II (1603-1625)
- 8. The Lute in Song Accompaniment
- 9. From Renaissance to Baroque: A Continental Excursus, 1600-1650
- 10. The Caroline and the Commonwealth Periods (1625-1660)
- 11. The Theorbo
- 12. The Decline of the Lute in England after 1660
- 13. Scottish Lute Music
- Bibliography
- Manuscripts
- Printed Music
- Book, Theses, and Articles
- Index
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