The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and Its Music
The lute was one of the most important instruments in use in Europe
from late medieval times up to the eighteenth century. Despite its
acknowledged importance, this study is the first ever comprehensive
work on the instrument and its music, apart from performance
studies or bibliographical and reference publications. The book
focuses on the lute's history, but also contains chapters on
the lute in concert, lute song accompaniment, the thearbo, and the
lute in Scotland. Written for the music student, the serious
listener, the player, maker, and lute enthusiast, Spring makes
available for the first time, over 40 years of musical scholarship
previously the preserve of academic journals.
