Lute Resources

Societies

• English Lute Society — in English
• Lute Society of America — in English
• Argentine Society for Lutes and Early Guitars — in Spanish
• Austrian Lute Society — in German
• Belgian Lute Academy — in English
• Dutch Lute Society — in English
• Early Guitars and Vihuela — in English
• French Lute Society — in English
• Historical Guitar and Lute Association — in German
• Nouvelle-France Lute Society — in French
• Lute Society of New France — in French
• German Lute Society — in English
• Italian Lute Society — in Italian
• Lute Society of Japan — in Japanese
• Lute Society of New Zealand — in English on Facebook
• Russian Lute — in English
• Scottish Lute and Early Guitar Society — in English
• Vihuela Society — in Spanish

Other Resources

• Gary Boye – Chronological List of Tablatures
• Lutestuff.com
• Walter Bitner

England

• Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
• Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
• Francis Cutting (c.1550–c.1596)
• Lord Danby William Henry Osborne (1691-1711)
  • Lord Danby’s Lute Book PDF (handwritten songbook)
• John Danyel (1564–c.1626)
• John Dowland: 1563–1626
  • First Booke PDF ~ Modern Version PDF
  • Second Booke PDF
  • Third Booke PDF
  • IMSLP’s List:
    • Captain Digorie Piper his Galliard
    • Clear or Cloudy Sweet as April Showering
    • Come Again, Sweet Love doth Now Invite
    • Daphne was Not so Chaste
    • Dowland’s Galliard
    • Dr. Case’s Pavan
    • The Earl of Essex Galliard
    • Farewell
    • Fine Knacks for Ladies
    • Flow My Tears
    • Flow Not so Fast, Ye Fountains
    • Forlorn Hope
    • In Darkness Let Me Dwell
    • The King of Denmark’s Galliard
    • Lachrimae amantis  𝐍 S P
    • Lachrimae antiquae
    • Lachrimae antiquae novae
    • Lachrimae coactae
    • Lachrimae gementes
    • Lachrimae Pavan for Lute
    • Lachrimae tristes
    • Lachrimae verae
    • Lady Leighton’s Almain
    • Lamentatio Henrici Noel
    • Lord Viscount Lisle His Galliard
    • A Lute Lullaby
    • Melancholy Galliard
    • Mistress Nichols Almand
    • Mistress Winter’s Jump
    • The Most Sacred Queene Elizabeth, Her Galliard
    • Mr Dowland’s Midnight
    • Mr. Bucton’s Galliard
    • Mr. George Whitehead his Almand
    • Mr. Giles Hobies Galliard
    • Mr. Henry Noel his Galliard
    • Mr. John Langton’s Pavan
    • Mr. Nicholas Gryffith his Galliard
    • Mr. Thomas Collier his Galliard
    • Mrs Brigide Fleetwood’s Pavan
    • My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard
    • My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
    • Orlando sleepeth
    • Pavan
    • Piper’s Pavan
    • Say Love, if ever Thou didst Find
    • Semper Dowland Semper Dolens Pavan for Lute
    • Semper Dowland semper dolens
    • Shall I Sue, Shall I Seeke for Grace
    • A Shepherd in a Shade his Plaining Made
    • Sir Henry Umpton’s Funeral
    • Sir John Souch his Galliard
    • Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
    • Solus Cum Sola
    • Tarleton’s Riserrectione
    • Time Stands Still
    • What if I Never Speede
    • White as lilies was her face
    • Who ever thinks or hopes of love
• Robert Dowland (son of John Dowland) (1591–1641)
  • Varietie of Lute Lessons (1610) PDF (tutor)
  • A Musical Banquet (1610) PDF (songbook)
• Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (1543–1588, Italian-born)
• Cuthbert Hely (fl. 1620–1640)
• Anthony Holborne (c.1545–1602)
• Edward Johnson (1572–1601)
• John Johnson (c.1545–1594)
• Robert Johnson (c.1580–1634)
• Robert Jones (fl. 1597–1615)
• Thomas Mace (1613–1706)
  • Musick’s Monument PDF (tutor)
• Thomas Robinson (fl. 1589–1609)
• Philip Rosseter (1567/8–1623)

France

• Pierre Attaingnant (c.1494–c.1551, publisher, possibly composer)
  • Tres Brève Familère Introduction (1529) PDF
• Robert Ballard (1575–1649)
• Julien Belin (c.1525/30–1584)
• Jean-Baptiste Besard (c.1567–after 1616)
• Pierre Blondeau (fl. 1st half of the 16th century)
• Mlle Bocquet (fl. 1st half of the 17th century)
• François de Chancy (1600-1656)
• François Dufaut (before 1604–before 1672)
• Jacques Gallot (died c.1690)
• Denis Gaultier (1597/1603–1672)
• Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651), his cousin
• Jacques Gautier (Gaultier) (fl. 1st half of the 17th century, died before 1660)
• Pierre Gautier (Gaultier) (1599–after 1638, active in Italy)
• René Mesangeau (fl. 1567–1638)
• Germain Pinel (c. 1600–1664)
• Guillaume Morlaye (born c.1510)
• Charles Mouton (1617–1699)
• Jean-Paul Paladin (died before September 1565, Italian-born)
• Julien Perrichon (1566–c.1600)
• Jakub Reys (c.1550–c.1605, Polish-born)
• Albert de Rippe (1500–1551, Italian-born)
• Adrian Le Roy (c.1520–1598)
• Robert de Visée (c.1655–1732/3)

Germany/Austria

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Jacques Bittner (fl. 1680)
• Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
• Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754)
• Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
• Hans Gerle (c.1500-1570)
• Hans Judenkünig (c. 1445/50–1526)
• David Kellner (1670–1748)
• Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
• Johann Kropfgans (1708-1770)
• Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754)
• Elias Mertel (c.1561-1626)
• Hans Neusidler (c.1508/09–1563)
• Esaias Reusner (17th century)
• Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712, no lute compositions survive)
• Arnolt Schlick (c.1460–after 1521)
  • Tablaturen
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750)

Italy

• Giovanni Maria Alemanni: 1500–1525, no compositions survive
• Pietro Paolo Borrono: 1490–1563
• Franciscus Bossinensis: 1510
• Vincenzo Capirola: 1474–after 1548
• Marco Dall’Aquila: c.1480–after 1538
• Joan Ambrosio Dalza: fl. 1508
• Francesco Canova da Milano: 1497–1543
• Francesco Spinacino: 1507
  • Intabulatura de Lauto Libro Primo (Book 1 – 1507) PDF
  • Intabulatura de Lauto Libro Secondo (Book 2 – 1507) PDF
• Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (1470–1530, no compositions survive)
• Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)
• Francesco Corbetta (c.1615–1681, composed for Baroquer guitar)
• Fabrizio Dentice (c.1539–1581)
• Vincenzo Galilei (late 1520s–1591)
• Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), his son
• Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c.1580–1651, of German descent)
• Simone Molinaro (c.1570–after 1633)
• Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
• Giovanni Zamboni (fl. second half of the 17th century)
• Francesco Bartolomeo Conti
• Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Netherlands/Belgium

• Emanuel Adriaenssen (c.1554–1604)
• Joachim van den Hove (1567–1620)
  • Christoph Herold – Lautenbuch, 1602
  • Delitiae Musicae (Utrecht, 1612)
  • Ernst Schele – Tabulaturbuch, 1619
  • Florida, sive cantiones (Utrecht, 1601)
  • Joachim van den Hove – Lautenbuch, 1615 (Autograph)
  • Praeludia testudinis (Leiden, 1616)
• Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687, no compositions survive)
• Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, no compositions survive)
• Johannes Matelart (1538-1607)
• Josquin des Prez (c.1450–1521)
• Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c.1710, worked in Paris, Vienna, etc.)
• Nicolas Vallet (c.1583–after 1642, French-born)
• Philip van Wilder (c.1500 – 1554)

Spain

The printed books of music for the vihuela which have survived are, in chronological order:

• Luys Milan (c.1500–after 1560)
  • El Maestro (1536) PDF
• Los seys libros del Delphin[2] by Luis de Narváez (1538)
• Tres Libros de Música[3] by Alonso Mudarra (1546)
• Silva de Sirenas[4] by Enríquez de Valderrábano (1547)
• Libro de Música de Vihuela[5] by Diego Pisador (1552)
• Orphénica Lyra[6] by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554)
• El Parnasso[7] by Estevan Daça (1576)

• Esteban Daza (c.1537–1591/6)
• Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553–1578)
• Francisco Guerau (1649–1722, composed for Baroque guitar)
• Alonso de Mudarra (c.1510–1580)
• Santiago de Murcia (c.1682–c.1740, moved to Mexico, composed for Baroque guitar)
• Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526–49)
• Diego Pisador (1509/10–after 1557)
• Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz (born probably before 1650, composed for Baroque guitar)
• Gaspar Sanz (mid-17th century–early 18th century, composed for Baroque guitar)
• Enríquez de Valderrábano (fl. 1547)

Other countries

• Bálint Bakfark (Hungary, c.1526/30–1576)
• Diomedes Cato (Italy, 1560/65–after 1607 or 1618, active in Poland)
• Wojciech Dlugoraj (Poland, 1557/8–c.1619)
• Jan Antonín Losy (Bohemia, c.1643–1721)