Errata slip inserted: "translators: Helene Reid and Susan Pond".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and indexes.
The lute and its music in Europe : The early history of the lute in a nutshell ; The historical development of the lute ; Related instruments : Theorbo and archlute ; Angelica ; Cittern ; Lute cittern ; Guitar -- The notation of lute music -- Prelude: the lute in the Netherlands before 1600 : The rise of the lute in the Middle Ages ; The lute publications of Phalèse ; The lute in Antwerp ; Lutenists in the Northern Netherlands before 1600 -- Music in the Dutch Republic : The Republic of the Seven United Provinces ; Musical life in the 17th century ; The lute in musical culture ; Music lessons ; Students and music -- Lutenists of the Golden Age, c.1580-1670 : Joachim van den Hove ; Nicolaes Vallet ; Other lutenists of the Golden Age: a survey -- A lutenist of standing: constantijn Huygens -- Lute music : The Thysius lute book ; Other manuscripts with Dutch lute music ; Manuscripts with music by Joachim van den Hove ; The printed lute books of Van den Hove and Vallet : The lute books of Joachim van den Hove ; The lute books of Nicolaes Vallet -- Valerius' Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck ; Nicolaes Vallet's playing instructions -- Infrastructure: lute building and the lute trade : The lute trade ; Luthiers in the Dutch Republic ; Strings -- The lute in the arts of the Golden Age : The lute in literature ; Emblems ; The lute as a symbol in paintings -- Postlude: the lute in the Dutch Republic, 1670-1800 -- Summary and conclusion