The lute and its literature have played a mosi important role in the development of European lnstrumcnlul musi(~.

Italy's golden age of lute playing which lasted t1lrough the 16th century produced a number of excellent collections consisting of dance tunes, fantasies, and arrangements of vocal music. (hear Chilesotti (1848.1916) an Italian musicologist transcrioed the ai:lcicnt lute tablature into modem notation. I have chosen six, popular, and anonymous lutc pieces from the transcriptions of this noled sdlOlar.

Six Lute Pieces Of- The ~ReD.aissan.ce

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