The lute in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century
Subtitle: proceedings of the International Lute Symposium Utrecht, 30 August 2013
By: edited by Jan W.J. Burgers, Tim Crawford and Matthew Spring
Contributors: Burgers, Jan W. J., 1932- editor; Crawford, Tim, editor; Spring, Matthew, editor
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781443890755
Subjects: Lute; Congresses; History
Description: 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 international lute centre; and the different types of lutes that can be reconstructed on the basis of the Dutch paintings of the period. The second part of the book is dedicated to Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), the well-known poet and statesman, and avid player of, and composer for, the lute. The third and final section deals with Dutch sources of lute music, printed as well as those in manuscript. Taken together, this volume provides a broad and many-layered overview of the lute in the seventeenth century. Collectively, the articles will further the reader's understanding of the lute in its social and cultural context, not only in the Netherlands, but also on the wider European canvas.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the lute in the Netherlands in the 17th century / Jan Burgers, Tim Crawford and Matthew Spring. 1 The lute in the Dutch golden age: the social and cultural contexts : Psalms for th elute in the Dutch Republic and elsewhere / Louis Peter Grup; title: Cultural entrepreneurship in the Dutch Republic of early 17th century: the case of the lutenists Joachim van den Hove and Nicolas Vallet / Simon Groot; title: Leiden, an international lute centre in the golden age / Jan W.J. Burgers; title: The lute in the Dutch golden age: what we know and what we play today / Andreas Schlegel. 2 Constantijn Huygens and the lute : The shepherd and his lute: some aspects of 17th century lute practice as recorded in the writings of Constantijn Huygens and his circle / Anthony Bailes; title: "A goose among swans:" the connections and correspondence between Jacques Gaultier and Constantijn Huygens / Matthew Spring; title: Un bon nombre d'illustres: Constantijn Huygens and the world of the French lute / Fred Jacobs; title: Constantijn Huygens's lost instrumental compositions: some guesses about their style / Jacques Boogaart. 3 Lute sources from the Netherlands : Unknown pieces for lyra-viol in Joachim van den Hove's autograph manuscript: Berlin, Staasbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (D-B) Mus. ms. autogr. Hove 1, 1615 / François-Pierre Goy; title: Adriaen Valerius's Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626): the songs and the tablatures for lute and cittern / Simon Groot; title: Mr. Q is Mr. R: Johan van Reede, Lord of Renswoude (1593-1682) / Rudolf Rasch; title: Johannes Fresneau, a new "Dutch" lutenist and a new Dutch lute manuscript / Jan W.J. Burgers; title: "Make long-forgotten musical heritage resound anew:" The Ghent lute manuscripts / Greet Schamp; title: A newly discovered Dutch lute book: MS Enkhuizen 1667-1 / Jan W.J. Burgers, Louis Peter Grup, and John H. Robinson.