A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance

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  • Author : Douglas Alton Smith
  • Release Date : 2002
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  • Genre : Music
  • Pages : 420
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  • File Size : 80,80 MB
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A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Douglas Alton Smith PDF Summary

Book Description: By the year 1500, the lute's almost universal appeal throughout Europe had made it a unifying element of Western music and culture. Renaissance composers, singers and dancers all found in the lute a perfect tool for the musical development and maturation of their art. In fact, the lute's unique musical and physical characteristics inspired artists and poets alike to elevate it to a place of such high honor that the lute's image has come to symbolize music itself. This traces the lute's development from the early instruments of Classical Greece to its glorious flowering in Renaissance Europe's golden age of polyphony. This illustrated and comprehensive book explores the historical and cultural reasons behind the lute's importance as the preeminent musical instrument of the Renaissance. With its lengthy bibliography, index, 74 illustrations and 55 musical examples, the author has told the lute's story with a scholarly and visual depth.

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