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1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 intern |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lute -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
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Lute
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Netherlands
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443899178 |
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1443899178 |
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