>Smith's book is less scientific and bit superficial in my opinion But also covers a lot of ground within the limited space!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Taco Walstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Luca Manassero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:41 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Your advice, please ... > On Friday 03 March 2006 20:33, you wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I dare to ask you an important advice: what would you suggest as a book >> (a reference, more than one if you like, but in English) about the >> history of the lute literature? >> >> Your help is more than appreciated! >> >> >> Kindest regards, >> >> Luca >> > There are not many. The ones I can think of are: > A history of lute from antiquity to renaissance by douglas smith (LSA) > The lute in Britain by matthew spring (Oxford up) > > Both are quite ex(t)(p)ensive. The second one handles both renaissance as > well > as baroque period but only in Britain. The first lute history until the > baroque period. > Smith's book is less scientific and bit superficial in my opinion; The > lute > in britain is excellent in many ways. > Taco > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
