The Lute Society: Home Page

 

Welcome to The Lute Society's website

The Lute Society, now over 50 years old, exists to promote the lute and its music. Members get a new member's pack of 100 pages of lute music, a quarterly magazine, Lute News, with music supplement, an annual journal, The Lute, discounts on our growing range of publications and other benefits. Even if you can't make it to our meetings, playing days, and residential weekends in Britain, joining is an excellent way of building up your music library, and keeping in touch with other lute players, and with news in the lute world.

News

The first Lute Society summer school - Early Lute Society Summer Schools remembered by Bill Samson.

Issue 101 of Lute News is now out - see its colour front cover.

New Music Editions - see our catalogue for details and to purchase online:

  • 57 Easy Pieces in Italian Tablature: Il Manoscritto MBs 1511b
  • A Collection of Pieces for Solo Lute from 17th century sources
  • A Collection of Pieces for Solo Lute from Continental European Sources
  • Frottole edited by Ian Gaskell. Five songs by Tromboncino, Cara and Josquin d’Ascanio
  • Love, Love, Nothing but Love, by Brian Wright, last of a seies of Shakespeare settings
  • Lutecosmos 5, by Brian Wright, concluding his series of student volumes

Beginners lesson 12 by Lynda Sayce: Il Conto dell'orco by Caroso.

A newly enlarged grading list of lute pieces at towards lute grades by Martin Eastwell - now over 300 pieces, including six or our student publications and the complete works of Francesco da Milano and Dowland. Check the list to find out what grade you would be, if there were lute grades!

A handy table of the most common lute tunings, compiled by Matthew Leigh Embleton.

Historic photos from Lutesoc summer schools 1975 and 1976: Cheltenham '75 '76

Vicenza lute weekend 14-16 April, jointly organised with Societa di Liuto, a 40-piece lute band played in the stunning setting of the Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, www.teatrolimpicovicenza.it see the Lute Society Facebook page for photos from this magnificent event.

Leiden lute weekend 12-13 May with Paul O'Dette, joint meeting with Dutch and Belgian lute societies, contact the secretary if you would like to attend.

For previous news items, see Old news

Listings and services

As well as our online shop where you can purchase our publications, our website contains a number of listings of lutes for sale, makers, teachers, publishers, summer schools and other links.

Contact the secretary

The Secretary, Christopher Goodwin
Southside Cottage, Brook Hill, Albury
Guildford, England GU5 9DJ
Tel: (+44/0)1483 202159
Fax: (+44/0)1483 203088

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