The lute in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century : proceedings of the International Lute Symposium Utrecht, 30 August 2013 / edited by Jan W.J. Burgers, Tim Crawford and Matthew Spring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgers, Jan W. J., 1932- editor.

Crawford, Tim, editor.

Spring, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lute--History.

Lute.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The lute played a central role in the rich musical culture of the seventeenth-century 'Golden Age' of the Dutch Republic. Like the piano in the nineteenth century, the lute was not just a popular instrument for solo music making, but was also used widely in ensembles and to accompany singers. Though mainly an instrument of the social elite and the aristocracy, it was also played by the numerous and prosperous burgher class. The first part of the book deals with psalm settings for the lute; the way professional lutenists coped with the harsh rules of the free market; Leiden as a veritable international lute centre; and the different types of lutes that can be reconstructed on the basis of the Dutch paintings of the period. The second part of the book is dedicated to Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), the well-known poet and statesman, and avid player of, and composer for, the lute. The third and final section deals with Dutch sources of lute music, printed as well as those in manuscript. Taken together, this volume provides a broad and many-layered overview of the lute in the seventeenth century. Collectively, the articles will further the reader's understanding of the lute in its social and cultural context, not only in the Netherlands, but also on the wider European canvas.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age

Psalms for the Lute in the Dutch Republic and Elsewhere

Cultural Entrepreneurship in the Dutch Republic of the Early 17th Century

Leiden, an International Lute Centre in the Golden Age

The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age

II. Constantijn Huygens and the Lute

The Shepherd and his Lute

'A goose among swans'

Un Bon Nombre d'Illustres

Constantijn Huygens's Lost Instrumental Compositions

III. Lute Sources from the Netherlands

Unknown Pieces for Lyra-viol in Joachim van den Hove's Autograph Manuscript

Adriaen Valerius's Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626)

Mr. Q is Mr. R: Johan van Reede, Lord of Renswoude (1593-1682)

Johannes Fresneau, a New 'Dutch' Lutenist and a New Dutch Lute Manuscript

'Make long-forgotten musical heritage resound anew'

A Newly Discovered Dutch Lute Book.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-9917-8

OCLC:

956991667