The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age

Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670

Author: Burgers, Jan W. J.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Serie: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
ISBN: 9789089645524
eISBN Pdf: 9789048519392
Place of publication: Amsterdam , Netherlands
Year of digital publication: 2013
Month: August
Pages: 262
DDC: 787
Language: English

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Closely associated with the social elite, the lute occupied a central place in the culture of the Dutch Golden Age. In this first comprehensive study of the instrument’s role in seventeenth-century Netherlands, Jan W. J. Burgers explores how it functioned as the universal means of solo music making, group performance, and accompaniment. He showcases famous and obscure musicians; lute music in books and manuscripts; lute makers and the international lute trade; and the instrument’s place in Dutch literature and art of the period.

Enhanced by beautiful illustrations, this study constitutes an important contribution to our knowledge about the lute and its Golden Age heyday.

The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - The Lute and Its Music in Europe
- The early history of the lute in a nutshell
- The historical development of the lute
- Related instruments
  - Theorbo and archlute
  - Angelica
  - Cittern
  - Lute cittern
  - Guitar
- The notation of lute music
Chapter 2 – Prelude: The Lute in the Netherlands before 1600
- The rise of the lute in the Middle Ages
- The lute publications of Phalèse
- The lute in Antwerp
- Lutenists in the Northern Netherlands before 1600
Chapter 3 – Music in the Dutch Republic
- The Republic of the Seven United Provinces
- Musical life in the 17th century
- The lute in musical culture
- Music lessons
- Students and music
Chapter 4 – Lutenists of the Golden Age, c.1580 - 1670
- Joachim van den Hove
- Nicolaes Vallet
- Other lutenists of the Golden Age: a survey
Chapter 5 – A Lutenist of Standing: Constantijn Huygens
Chapter 6 – Lute Music
- The Thysius Lute Book
- Other manuscripts with Dutch lute music
- Manuscripts with music by Joachim van den Hove
- The printed lute books of Van den Hove and Vallet
  - The lute books of Joachim van den Hove
  - The lute books of Nicolaes Vallet
- Valerius’ Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck
- Nicolaes Vallet’s playing instructions
Chapter 7 – Infrastructure: Lute Building and the Lute Trade
- The lute trade
- Luthiers in the Dutch Republic
- Strings
Chapter 8 – The Lute in the Arts of the Golden Age
- The lute in literature
- Emblems
- The lute as a symbol in paintings
Chapter 9 – Postlude: The Lute in the Dutch Republic, 1670-1800
Summary and Conclusion
Sources Used
- Chapter 1. The lute and its music in Europe
- Chapter 2. Prelude: the lute in the Netherlands before 1600
- Chapter 3. Music in the Dutch Republic
- Chapter 4. The lutenists of the Golden Age, c.1580-1670
- Chapter 5. A lutenist of standing: Constantijn Huygens
- Chapter 6. Lute music
- Chapter 7. Infrastructure: lute building and the lute trade
- Chapter 8. The lute in the arts
- Chapter 9. Postlude: the lute in the Dutch Republic 1670-1800
Bibliography
Index of names of persons and places mentioned in the main text of the book
Index of still existing lute books and manuscripts mentioned in the main text of the book
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