Thomas Berghan is a lutenist specializing in music of the 17th century. Among the central figures of the American Pacific Northwest early music scene since 1970 , he is one of the original founders of The Early Music Guild of Seattle established in 1977 as a non-profit corporation to foster appreciation for the music of earlier historical periods. He is also the founder and director of Language of the gods, established in 1996, a not-for-profit organization devoted to the study and performance of historical dance and dance music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

The following recorded music files are in the MP3 audio format. To hear any of the selections, simply click on the icon to the left of the description. To save and play the files at a later time, the following instructions may be helpful.

• Internet Explorer: right-click brings up a menu that lets you save.
• Netscape: shift-click prompts for a save box.
• MP3 audio files can be played with Microsoft "Windows Media Player" and with Apple Computer "QuickTime Player." If your system does not play MP3 files, try searching for "MP3 players" using a search engine. There are players available for free as well as commercially.
• You can play these files on any portable MP3 player, create an audio CD and thereby listen to them on any CD-player (if you have a CD-RW drive), or listen to them on your computer.

Note: This is a not-for-profit site. These music files, although offered to the public free of charge, are still fully protected under international copyright laws. Should you wish to use any of them for a commercial purpose, you must obtain written permission from the owner, Thomas Berghan, 4725 NE 203rd Street, Lake Forest Park, WA, 98155, USA.

New recordings will appear frequently at this site. You are invited to visit often and listen.

Inquiries or comments: bb981@scn.org

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