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Lute (Baroque, Renaissance)

  • [Video] Lute History - An Introduction - Martin Shepherd

  • [Video] What is a Lute? - Aria Rita Music History

  • [Video] Introducing: The Renaissance Lute - Brandon Acker

  • [Video] Introducing: The Baroque Lute - Brandon Acker

  • [Video] Lute 101 with Nigel North - WFMT

  • [Video] Introducing the Baroque Theorbo - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

  • [Video] Revealed: The Secrets of the Lute! - Aria Rita Music History

  • [Video] Luteshop’s Top Tips: Plucking Strings - Martin Shepherd

  • [Video] Luteshop’s Top Tips: Tuning - Martin Shepherd

  • [Video] How to Hold the Lute - Martin Shepherd

  • [Video] Tuning and Turning the Pegs Efficiently - Alison Crum

  • [Video] How Long Does It Really Take to Tune a Lute? - Brandon Acker

  • [Video] Lute Lesson 101: How to Tune a Renaissance Lute - Kenneth Kam

  • [Video] The Fundamentals of Lute Playing, Episodes 1-62 - Laudon Schuett

  • [Video] Lute Lessions: 1-10 - LuteDuo

  • [Video] Lute Lessons: 1-73 - Larry Broda

  • [Video] Lute Exercises and Technique Tutorials - LuteLessons by David van Ooijen

  • [Video] 70 Easy to Intermediate Pieces for Renaissance Lute - LuteLessons by David van Ooijen

  • [Video] Nigel North Masterclasses - The Lute Society - UK

  • [Video] Intermediate [Lute] Lessons by Lynda Sayce for Dowland John Smith’s Almain - The Lute Society - UK

  • A Brief Introduction to the Lute - The Lute Society - UK

  • Thinking of Taking Up the Lute? - The Lute Society - UK

  • A Brief History of the Lute - Martin Shepherd

  • What is a Lute? - The Lute Society of America

  • [PDF] Lute Society of America – Beginner’s Guide to the Renaissance Lute

  • [PDF] Introduction to the Renaissance Lute for Guitar Players - Rob MacKillop

  • Tuning & Temperament: What Does It Mean for the Lute? - Martin Shepherd

  • 51 Lute Lessons for Beginners - Lynda Sayce. The Lute Society - UK

  • Beginner’s Lute Tutorial - Elizabeth Pallett. Luteweb

  • Is Your Lute Set Up Well? - Lynda Sayce. The Lute Society - UK

  • Lute Tuning Table - Matthew Leigh Embleton. The Lute Society - UK

  • How to Tune Your Lute #1 - Lynda Sayce. The Lute Society - UK

  • How to Tune Your Lute #2 - Lynda Sayce. The Lute Society - UK

  • Meet the Lute: Sections 1-18 - Walter Bitner - Off the Podium

  • [Latin] Capirola Lutebook - Vincenzo Capirola; Vitale (editor). Venice, c. 1520

  • Lute Music of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries - Janet Dodge. Proceedings of the Music Association, 34th Sess., pp. 123-153, 1907

  • English Lute Music of the Golden Age - Richard Newton. Proceedings of the Music Association, 65th Sess., pp. 63-90, 1938

  • The Lute and Musick’s Monument - Donald Gill. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 3, pp. 9-11, 1950

  • English Lute Music, 1540-1620: An Introduction - David Lumsden. Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 83rd Sess., pp. 1-13, 1956

  • Miss Mary Burwell’s Instruction Book for the Lute - Thurston Dart. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 3-62, 1958

  • Recent Research on Lute Music - Frederick W. Sternfeld. Music & Letters, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 139-142, Oxford University Press, 1958

  • On Playing the Lute - Julian Bream and J. M. Thomson. Early Music, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 348-351, 1975

  • French Lutenists and French Lute Music in Sweden - Kenneth Sparr. Le Luth es sa Musique II, pp. 59-67, 1984

  • [PDF] Conrad Paumann and the Evolution of Solo Lute Practice in the Fifteenth Century - Hiroyuki Minamino. Journal of Musicological Research, Vol. 6, pp. 291-310, 1986

  • [Amazon] A Tutor for Renaissance Lute: Complete Beginner to Advanced Student - Diana Poulton. Schott, 1991

  • [PDF] The Role of the Lute in Sixteenth-Century Consorts: Evidence From Terzi’s Intabulations - Suzanne Court. Performance Practice Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, Article 3, 1995

  • The Improved Cittern – Printed and Manuscript Music for the Swedish Lute - Kenneth Sparr. Self-published, 1998

  • Lutenists at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden - Kenneth Sparr. Self-published, 1998

  • Method for Renaissance Lute - Andrea Damiani. UT Orpheus, 1999

  • The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age: Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670 - Jan W.J. Burgers. Amsterdam University Press, 2013

  • [Amazon] Performing Baroque Music on the Lute & Theorbo: A Practical Handbook Based on Historical Sources - Peter Croton. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

  • Method for the Baroque Lute: A Practical Guide for Beginning and Advanced Lutenists - Miguel Serdoura. UT Orpheus, 2017

  • [Dutch] The Southern Netherlands and the Lute Music (13th-18th Centuries) - Dr. Godelieve Spiessens. Self-published/Antwerp, 2018

  • The Art of Lute Playing with Transcriptions for Classical Guitar - Laudon Schuett. Mel Bay Publications, 2022

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