Links

Lute Players

• Robert Barto:  Specializes in German Baroque music of Weiss and Hagen.
  
• Elizabeth Brown:  Seattle-based performer and teacher who plays lute and guitar.
  
• Michel Cardin:  Professor at U. of Moncton (Canada) who recorded complete London Manuscript of Weiss.
  
• August Denhard:  Seattle-based lute and theorbo player and Executive Director of Early Music Guild.
  
• Jacob Heringman:  American-born lutenist living in London who teaches at Trinity College of Music.
  
• Elizabeth Kenny:  Performer and professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
  
• Catherine Liddell:  Lute and theorbo player teaching at Boston U. with focus on 17th c. French Baroque.
  
• Jakob Lindberg:  Performer on lute and theorbo. Professor at Royal College of Music in London since 1979.
  
• Rolf Lislevand:  Performer and professor in Germany with unique approach to early music.
  
• Ronn McFarlane:  Teacher and player now based in Oregon, with extensive catalog of recordings.
  
• Andrew Maginley:  Performer on lute, theorbo, and Baroque guitar, with emphasis on Baroque lute.
  
• Jose Miguel Moreno:  Both performer on lute and guitar and builder of historical stringed instruments.
  
• Nigel North:  Professor at Indiana's Early Music Institute and performer with extensive catalog.
  
• Paul O'Dette:  Director of Early Music at Eastman who has been featured on many recordings.
  
• Lynda Sayce:  British lutenist, author, and teacher with site offering information on the theorbo.
  
• Hopkinson Smith:  Performer on lute, early guitar, and vihuela and teacher at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
  
• Stephen Stubbs:  Lutenist and musical director now back in Seattle after many years in Germany.
  
• Theatrvm Mvsicvm:  Ensemble with site that includes info on tuning, temperaments, and citterns.
  
• Venere Lute Quartet:  Ensemble that plays soprano, alto, tenor, and bass lutes.
  
• Matthew Wadsworth:  Teacher at Royal Welsh College in Cardiff and performer.
  

Organizations

• Early Music America:  Non-profit to promote music from Medieval through Classical periods.
  
• Early Music Guild:  Seattle non-profit to promote early music with concerts and other activities.
  
• Guild of American Luthiers:  Non-profit to advance the making of stringed instruments.
  
• Lute Society of America:  Provides information, resources, publications, and annual workshops.
  
• The Lute Society (Great Britain):  Offers publications, meetings, rental instruments, and other services.
  

Music Books

• Boulder Early Music Shop:  Distributor of a wide selection of lute titles.
  
• Broude Brothers, Limited (PDF):  Massachusetts-based publisher with extensive offerings.
  
• Editions Minkoff:  French publisher of several hundred music titles.
  
• Editions Orphee:  Mainly guitar music, but a few lute titles.
  
• Lyre Music:  Texas-based publisher of lute music.
  
• Seicento:  German distributor for several publishers with wide selection of lute music.
  
• Silver Sound Publications:  California-based publisher with several lute titles.
  
• Tree Editions (PDF):  German publisher with extensive lute music catalog.
  
• Ut Orpheus Edizioni:  Italian publisher with some lute titles.
  

Lute Strings

• Aquila:  Makers of Nylgut synthetic gut strings and other types of strings.
  
• Gamut Strings:  Offers various types of gut strings.
  

Lute Making Supplies

• Bjorn Industries:  Source for hide glue.
  
• Dick:  German firm selling tools and other supplies.
  
• Gilmer Wood Company:  Large selection of woods in Portland, Oregon.
  
• Highland Woodworking:  General tools and supplies.
  
• Kingham Cases:  English company producing cases for lutes and other instruments.
  
• Lee Valley & Veritas:  Canadian tool company.
  
• Lie-Nielsen:  Hand planes and other tools.
  
• Luscombe Violins:  Canadian firm that sells tools and varnish.
  
• Luthiers Mercantile International:  Woods, tools, and books for instruments.
  
• Stewart-MacDonald:  Tools and other supplies for lutherie.
  
• Woodcraft:  General selection of tools.
  

Other Lute Makers

• Malcolm Prior:  London-based lute maker.
  
• Martin Shepherd:  Lute maker from England with helpful info and advice.
  
• Grant Tomlinson:  Lute maker from Vancouver, British Columbia.
  
• David van Edwards:  Norwich, England, maker of lutes, viols, and bows with very informative site.
  

Miscellaneous

• Wayne Cripps:  Large lute site with general information, advice, music, and instruments for sale.
  
• The Deller Conservation Group:  Information on hide glue.
  
• Arto Wikla:  Professor at U. of Helsinki with large site about the lute.