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Matthew Spring. The Lute in Britain: a History of the Instrument and Its Music.(Book Review)

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| September 22, 2003 | Minamino, Hiroyuki | COPYRIGHT 1999 Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(Oxford Early Music Series.) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xxxii + 536 pp. illus. bibl. index. $150. ISBN: 0-19-816620-6.

As Matthew Spring writes in the preface of his book, the lute was one of the most important musical instruments in Europe from late medieval times up to the eighteenth century. The lute was used as a solo instrument, in combination with other instruments, or with voices. Since the revival of interest in the lute in the early twentieth century, numerous monographs, dissertations, and articles have been written on this once-popular instrument. There is, however, no comprehensive book on either the instrument or its music, …

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