The Lute in the Dutch Golden Age

Musical Culture in the Netherlands ca. 1580-1670
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-18839-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 250 mm

Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age

The lute’s cultural impact throughout the Dutch Golden Age can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was the universal instrument for solo music-making, as well as in ensembles and to accompany singers, mainly associated with the social elite - the aristocracy and the prosperous burghers. This richly illustrated book is the first to showcase famous and obscure lutenists, professional musicians and amateurs, the lute music in books and manuscripts, the lute makers and the international lute trade, while also exploring the place of the instrument in the Dutch literature and art of the period.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burgers, Jan W. J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Reid, Helene

Pond, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, 1. The Lute and Its Music in Europe, 2. Prelude: The Lute in the Netherlands before 1600, 3. Music in the Dutch Republic, 4. Lutenists of the Golden Age, c.1580-1670, 5. A Lutenist of Standing: Constantijn Huygens, 6. Lute Music, 7. Infrastructure: Lute Building and the Lute Trade, 8. The Lute in the Arts of the Golden Age, 9. Postlude: The Lute in the Dutch Republic, 1670-1800, SOURCES USED

Über Autor(innen)

Jan W.J. Burgers is senior researcher at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands in The Hague and professor of source studies at the University of Amsterdam.