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The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and its Music(Early Music Series)

The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and its Music(Early Music Series)


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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. 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

Review :
`well-organised and ... easy to use for reference without recourse to the index ... full of well-selected music examples.' Early Music Review, vol.76 `Spring, writing from a player's perspective, enlivens the narrative with practical comments on technique, instrument design and construction.' TLS 23/11/2001 `Matthew Spring's 536-page history of the lute in Britain shows him to be not only brave but extremely studious; it presents a staggering amount of information on its subject.' The Journal of the Lute Society


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198166207
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Early Music Series
  • Sub Title: A History of the Instrument and its Music
  • Width: 196 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198166206
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jul 2001
  • Height: 256 mm
  • No of Pages: 568
  • Spine Width: 35 mm
  • Weight: 1373 gr


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