LINKS

Those are links collected for my personal use that I want to share with you, organized as I like to see them. Of course any mistake in the information is only my own.

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Lute Societies   Players   Makers   Publishers   Software   Other Sites

Lute societies

• AALGA (Asociación Argentina de Guitarras y Laúdes Antiguos)
• The Belgian Lute Academy
• Czech Viola da Gamba and Lute society
• The Dutch Lute Society
• The English Lute Society
• The Japanese Lute Society (The Lute and Early Guitar Society of Japan (LGS))
• The German Lute Society (Deutsche Lautengesellschaft)
• The Internet Lute Society
• The Italian Lute Society (Società Italiana del Liuto)
• The Lute Society of America (LSA)
• The French Lute Society(Société Française de Luth)
• The Swedish Guitar and Lute Society, SGLS
• Other Lute Societies - Addresses of societies not yet on WWW

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Lute players

• Paul Beier - American lutenist now living in Italy.
• Tim Crawford - His current research: tablature processor, Weiss collected works, etc
• Charivari Agréable - Lynda Sayce's group
• Michael Clasen - The Bay Area Lute Page
• Wayne Cripps' Lute Page
• Wayne's Cripps' Page
• Jacob Heringman's diary - if you enjoyed Bridget Jones you'll love this
• Jacob Lindberg - Leading Swedish lutenist, professor at the Royal College of Music in London
• Rob MacKillop - "Lutars and lexicographers for an independent Scotland!"
• Federico Marincola - "Playing the Lute since 1977 - Online since 1994". Editor of "LuteBot Quarterly", available free by e-mail.
• Peter Martin - Me and my concerts
• Nigel North - Leading British lutenist, amazing continuo player and excellent teacher!!!!
• Brian Payne - Lute and Orpharion pages: Delicious Musicke from 16th and early 17th century English and Irish Lute Manuscript sources.
• Martin Shepherd - British maker, player and teacher
• Hopkinson Smith - Leading American lutenist, professor at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, amazing player and teacher. A living legend!!!
• Kenneth Sparr - Lute and early guitar in Sweden. Also Tabulatura home page with books and music, new and secondhand, concerning the lute and early guitar.
• Michael Stitt  - 'Bach plucked!'  Bach on lute, guitar and others.  Site also features pages on Weiss and on Bach 2000 (celebrating the 250th anniversary of his death).
• Romulo Vega - Vihuela page.  Greetings from Costa Rica!
• Oliver Wadsworth - British lutemaker. Site includes pictures and CAD files of lute roses as well as photos and other information about Oliver's instruments.
• Arto Wikla (Suomi Finland)

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Lute makers

• Bruce Brook - British lutemaker, based in Sussex
• Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris - British lutemakers, based in London.
• David van Edwards - British lutemaker and bowmaker, based in Norwich.
• José Angel Espejo - Lute maker based in Madrid
• Stephen Gottlieb - British lutemaker, based in London.
• Stephen Murphy  - Lute maker now based in France
• Malcolm Prior - British lute maker, based in West London
• Art Robb - British-based maker; also teaches a course on instrument making in Bristol.
• Martin Shepherd - British maker, player and teacher
• Oliver Wadsworth - British lutemaker. Site includes pictures and CAD files of lute roses as well as photos and other information about Oliver's instruments.

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Publishers

• Editions Orphée
• Chanterelle Editions
• Lyre Music Publications
• Ut Orpheus
• Editions Minkoff
• Severinus Press

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Software

• Fronimo tablature software (version 2.1) Francesco Tribioli's program, Information about Fronimo
• TAB tablature software Wayne Cripps' program
• Abctab2ps tablature software Christoph Dalitz' program
• Stringwalker tablature software (version 5.1b) Alain Veylit's program
• Lute tablature archive at Dartmouth (postscript files from TAB)
• Lute tablature archive at Dartmouth (files for use with TAB or Fronimo)
• Mark Wheeler's Fronimo page (includes tablature files)
• Allan Alexander's Fronimo archive (over 100 lute solos and duets)
• String calculator by Arto Wikla (Suomi Finland)
• String calculator by Oliver Wadsworth (USA)
• String and fret calculator by Paul Beier (Shareware program)

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Other Sites related to the lute

• Altavista (Query Lute)
• Altavista (Query Lute & tablature)
• Buying_A_Lute.FAQ
• Classical Guitar and Lute Ressource Books
• Delicious Musicke for Lute and Orpharion (Brian Payne)
• Early Music
• Early Music America
• EM Links
• Guitar and lute
• The guitar pre-1650
• Guitar and Lute Issues - Online Magazine
• Gitarre und Laute
• Handyguide (page music, lute and harp)
• How to read lute tablature (Conrad Leviston)
• International Directory of Lutenists
• Litterature about the lute and the guitar
• Lute Iconography - old pictures of lutes
• Luthier.FAQ
• Stefan Lundgren (the online lute tutor !!) More info
• Luth-harpsicord (a forgotten instrument)
• Lute Composeurs (Duke University)
• Lute mailing list (USA) (W. Cripps)
• The Lute in Scotland
• The Lute evolution (french)
• Lute page for the guitarist (tablatures how to)
• Museo degli strumenti musicali del Castello Sforzesco di Milano
• Museo degli strumenti musicali di Roma
• Museo degli strumenti musicali di Arpino
• Orphee on line magazine (guitar and lute)
• Brian Payne - Pages de luth and d'Orpharion pages: Delicious Musicke from 16th and early 17th century English and Irish Lute Manuscript sources.
• La pratique du luth en Nouvelle France (Canada) Pr. R. Derome
• LSA Microfilm Library Catalog
• LSA Publications Catalog
• Pablo's oud page (The oud site for beginner players, as well as anyone else interested in ouds)
• The Renaissance lute (France)
• Royal College of Music, London (UK)
• Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel (CH)
• Scuola Musicale di Milano, Milano (I)
• Shrine to Music Museum
• Staatliche Hochschule f. Musik Trossingen (D)
• Technical drawings of musical instruments - List of drawings published by the 25 museums, organised by Hague Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands.
• The concert web
• The Vihuela Page
• Yahoo! page of lute

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