This study examines the object biographies of musical instruments and the function of age in the cultural and material history of the lute. It follows the central question of why old instruments were valued more greatly than new ones and what measures had to be executed to adapt the objects to the ever-changing musical style. It traces the lute in its several cultural functions from the 17th to the 19th century: as a musical instrument, as a symbol, as a commodity, and as an object that had to be adapted, repaired, and altered by several generations of lute makers. This interdisciplinary approach uses a broad spectrum of sources from treatises, lute manuals, forewords in printed lute music, and depictions of lutes in literature, poetry, and...
This study examines English manuscripts of music for solo lute from between 1570 and 1630, the perio...
When the lute was the prominent courtly instrument in Europe, the diffusion of its repertoire and te...
The study examines the short-necked lute-type instrument held by a musical angel in one of the Gothi...
In this project I wish to establish a seventeenth century popular concept focusing on the lute in Fr...
Partant d’une étude iconographique comparée allant jusqu’à l’expérimentation musicale, cet article s...
The aim of this study is to elucidate the reasons and means to preserve and use historical musical i...
The aim of this study is to elucidate the reasons and means to preserve and use historical musical i...
Of the various periods in the lute's history, that which is chronologically closest to us - the 18th...
Of the various periods in the lute's history, that which is chronologically closest to us - the 18th...
The lute played a central role in the rich musical culture of the seventeenth-century ‘Golden Age’ o...
In part because of the complexities of the German tablature system, lute music preserved in manuscri...
It is surprising how easy it is to relate Zeitlin’s discussions about a highly valued, finely made m...
This article is about the long neck lute type and it monitors its development which is very complica...
Lutes are well respected as indicators of a certain development regarding their material and technol...
Links by the Lute Society of America http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.htm
This study examines English manuscripts of music for solo lute from between 1570 and 1630, the perio...
When the lute was the prominent courtly instrument in Europe, the diffusion of its repertoire and te...
The study examines the short-necked lute-type instrument held by a musical angel in one of the Gothi...
In this project I wish to establish a seventeenth century popular concept focusing on the lute in Fr...
Partant d’une étude iconographique comparée allant jusqu’à l’expérimentation musicale, cet article s...
The aim of this study is to elucidate the reasons and means to preserve and use historical musical i...
The aim of this study is to elucidate the reasons and means to preserve and use historical musical i...
Of the various periods in the lute's history, that which is chronologically closest to us - the 18th...
Of the various periods in the lute's history, that which is chronologically closest to us - the 18th...
The lute played a central role in the rich musical culture of the seventeenth-century ‘Golden Age’ o...
In part because of the complexities of the German tablature system, lute music preserved in manuscri...
It is surprising how easy it is to relate Zeitlin’s discussions about a highly valued, finely made m...
This article is about the long neck lute type and it monitors its development which is very complica...
Lutes are well respected as indicators of a certain development regarding their material and technol...
Links by the Lute Society of America http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.htm
This study examines English manuscripts of music for solo lute from between 1570 and 1630, the perio...
When the lute was the prominent courtly instrument in Europe, the diffusion of its repertoire and te...
The study examines the short-necked lute-type instrument held by a musical angel in one of the Gothi...