This database provides a complete overview of all sources with music that was published for Renaissance lute between approximately 1460 and 1620. It includes almost 40,000 titles spread over more than 600 sources. Hopefully it will be a functional instrument and a source of inspiration for anyone who plays the Renaissance lute. Click on a letter on the left and find the source you are looking for. In addition to listing all the pieces in the sources, along with their concordances in chronological order, I also refer to publications in the magazines of the Lute Society, the Lute Society of America or the Belgian Lute Academy. This includes pieces published in a modern, non-facsimile edition. I you are looking for a certain piece and you don’t know the source, please contact me. There will be regular updates.
version december 2024
tom.van.eygen@pandora.be
An example from the Lavanttal-manuscript, “Wan dan der met seinen flammen”, which is a version of “Est-ce mars” by Pierre Guédron.
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If you can’t find the source you are looking for, maybe the PDF “INDEX” can help. I.e. the Welde manuscript will be found under the letter G. To download this index and use the search function, click on “INDEX” at the bottom of the list.