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Lute Societies
Historical Lutes and Related Instruments in North American Museums
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Cleveland Museum of Art – Tiorbino, anon., 17th century.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY – Chitarrone by David Tecchler, Rome, ca. 1725
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY – Lute by Sixtus Rauchwolff or Rauwolf, Augsburg, 1596
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY – Matteo Sellas guitar
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY – Mandora or chitarrino, anon., ca. 1420
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Anonymous archlute or theorbo
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Anonymous guitar, mid 18th c
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Anonymous mandolino, 1771
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Mandolino by Benedetto Gualzatta, Rome, 1724
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Lute by Andreas Berr, Vienna, 1699
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Guitar by Jacopo Mosca Cavelli, Perugia, 1725
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Guitar by Jacopo Checchucci, Livorno, 1628
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Arch-cittern by Remerus Liessem, 1757
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA – Guitar by Nicholas Alexandre Voboam, Paris, 1680
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Lute, Padua or Venice, ca. 1600
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Mandolino by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Cittern, Italian, ca. 1550
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Guitar by Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Guitar by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700
- National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Guitars by Domenico Sellas, Venice, ca. 1670 and by Alexandre Voboam, Paris, 1670
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National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Listing of Lutes in the collection
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National Music Museum, Vermillion SD – Listing of Plucked Strings
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Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – Lute by Sebastian Schelle, Nürnberg, 1726
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Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – Thielke Baroque guitar
The list of links to artworks depicting the lute and related instruments has outgrown its original location here, and it has been moved to its own separate page.
Resource Materials for Scholarly Research on the Lute
- The Lautenweltadressbuch, compiled by Klaus Martius, a database of historical lutes in museum and private collections.
- The Notation of Polyphonic Music 900 1600, by Willi Apel, The Mediaeval Academy Of America, 1949. Lute tablature notation is treated on pages 54 86.
- Sixteenth-Century Printed Tablatures for the Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela: An Annotated Bibliography, compiled by Dr. Gary R. Boye
- “English Lute Manuscripts and Scribes 1530-1630” by Julia Craig-McFeeley; a study of the English Lute Manuscripts of the so-called ‘Golden Age’, including a detailed catalogue of the sources.
- “Lute Realizations for the English Cavalier Songs (1630-1670) – A Guide for Performers” by Gus Denhard; a D.M. dissertation at Indiana University, 2006.
- “Mus. Ms. 1511b: A Historical Review of a Lute Manuscript in the Herwarth Collection at the Bavarian Library, Munich” by Douglas William Beasley; a dissertation for the M.M. degree at the University of North Texas, Denton, 2007. (PDF file, 2.03 MB)
- Sources manuscrites en tablature/Manuscript sources in tablature, ca. 1500 – ca. 1800, a project to create a comprehensive index, by title and composer, of all known lute pieces in historical manuscript sources.
- Manuscript Catalog of The British Library, with a useful search engine.
- Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music, a listing of facsimiles of manuscripts of medieval music, some of which are available on line – not necessarily lute music, but at least some of the pieces may be performed with lute.
- The Motet Catalog, indexing approximately 33,000 motets and mass proper incipits in printed and manuscript anthologies originating between 1475 and 1600. Single-composer prints are not yet included.
- An extensive iconography of the lute, compiled by Mary Rasmussen, University of New Hampshire, divided geographically and chronologically:
- Dutch and Flemish, 15th to 16th century.
- Dutch and Flemish, 16th century.
- France, 16th to 17th century.
- Germany, Austria & Switzerland, 15th to 16th century.
- Germany, Austria & Switzerland, mid-16th century.
- Germany, Austria & Switzerland, 16th to 17th century.
- Italy, 15th to 16th century.
- Italy, mid-16th century.
- Italy, 16th to 17th century.
- Recorder Iconography, compiled by Nicholas S. Lander, including many references to lutes or lutenists portrayed in artworks also depicting the recorder.
Audio
Video
Clips on YouTube illustrating the use of the lute and vihuela in various styles of music.
Events of Interest and Commercial Sources of Lute-Related Materials
Note: This additional exposure is provided for businesses and organizations that advertise in the print publications of the Lute Society of America.
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AquilaUSA, the U.S. representative for Aquila Corde Armoniche – Gut and synthetic strings.
- Berkeley Festival & Exhibition: 2 - 8 June 2008, Berkeley CA
- Boston Catlines – Strings for early instruments and fretgut.
- Ken Brodkey, Lute Maker – Renaissance & Baroque Lutes, Archlutes & Theorbos.
- Lyn Elder – Historically Accurate Lutes, Archlutes, Citterns, Bandoras & Guitars
- David Fitzpatrick – Lutes based on models by Laux Maler.
- Richard Fletcher – Renaissance and Baroque Lutes, Archlutes and Theorbos.
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Guild of American Luthiers – Publishers of Historical Lute Construction by Robert Lundburg.
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Jacks, Pipes and Hammers – Lute Facsimiles from Severinus Press.
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Dan Larson, Luthier – Lutes, guitars and vihuelas.
- The Lute Society – Facsimiles for Baroque and Renaissance Lutes.
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Lyre Music Publications – Masters of Polyphony: The Music of Conrad Paumann.
- Early Music Week at Pinewoods Camp: 26 June - 3 July 2008, Hank Heijink, lute instructor.
- Seicento Notenversand – Music for Lute, Theorbo, Archlute, Mandora & Baroque Guitar.
- The Lute in Europe. A History to Delight, by Andreas Schlegel. Published by TREE-Edition; available through the LSA.
Other North American Sites Related to Historically Informed Performance
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Last updated 18 July AD 2008 – DFH.