Lute
History and Background
Recommended (Curated by JMU Faculty)
- "Plucked Instruments" by Paul O'Dette from A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music, ed. by Jeffery Kite-Powell
- "Plucked String Instruments" by Paul O'Dette from A Performers Guide to Seventeenth Century Music, ed. by Jeffery Kite-Powell
Playing Instruction and Methods
- A short list of books helpful for learning to play the Lute
Recommended (Curated by JMU Faculty)
- Continuo Playing on the lute, archlute, and theorbo by Nigel North
- Varietie of lute-lessons by John Douland
Repertoire
- List of Scores for the lute in JMU Music Library
Recommended (Curated by JMU Faculty)
- Fantasies and dances for lute by Anthony Holborne
- A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian, and base violl by Philip Rosseter
- Collected English lutenist partsongs in Musica Britannica
Recordings/Artists
- Online recordings of Lute music in the JMU Music Library
- All Recordings of Lute music in the JMU Music Library
Recommended (Curated by JMU Faculty)
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete works for lute; Yasunori Mamura, Baroque lute and others--audio
- Alessandro Piccinini: Lute music; Mónica Pustilnik, lute--audio
- French Baroque Lute Music; Michael Schaeffer, lute--video
- Early Venetian Lute Music; Christopher Wilson, lute--video
Instrument Makers and Repair
- Coming soon
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