The Lute Society of America, founded in 1966, is devoted to the lute and its music. Membership is open to anyone, anywhere – scholars and listeners as well as amateur or professional players. We share information through our publications, here on our worldwide web pages, and at one or two annual Summer Seminars.
Smaller regional meetings are occasionally sponsored as well. Many of our members subscribe to one or more of the e-mail forums operated by Wayne Cripps, in which discussion centers on the lute in general or on more specialized areas relating to historical plucked instruments.
There are also several Internet social networking groups on Ning devoted to the lute, the cittern or the vihuela and early guitars.
For those who are not familiar with the lute, it is a plucked-string musical instrument. Its construction features a deeply rounded, ovoid body fabricated out of thin strips of wood glued together edgewise. The body is closed by a wooden soundboard or table to which the bridge is glued. The strings are tied around the bridge and stretched along a neck fitted with a number of tied frets. The strings then extend into one or more pegboxes, where they are tuned by adjusting the tension. The strings are stopped or fretted with one hand while plucking with the other. The lute was popular and widely used in Europe from about the 12th century AD until well into the 18th century.
After a period of disuse lasting about a hundred years, interest in the historical European lute slowly revived during the 20th century.
The Lute Society of America is a 501[c]3 not-for-profit corporation, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Donations are welcome and are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Officers
President: Christopher Wilke
Vice President: Not Yet Filled
Clerk: Travis Carey [2017]
Members of the Board of Directors
Lawrence D. Brown [2016]
Jocelyn Nelson [2018]
Susan King [2018]
Caroline Usher [2017]
Phillip Rukavina - Past President [2016]
Staff
Administrator: Nancy Carlin
Journal Editor: Richard Falkenstein
Journal Consulting Editor: Douglas Alton Smith
Quarterly Editor: Currently a rotating assignment.
Librarian: Anne Burns
Publications Production Manager: Nancy Carlin
Treasurer: Thomas Walker, Jr.
Assistant Treasurer: Ekko Jennings
Webmaster: Phillip Rukavina
Lute Rental Program: Michael Grant
Unveiling Bach's Lute Legacy: Two Volumes by Nigel North
"Le Luth Doré is thrilled to announce its plans for resumption of production and sale of fine historically accurate and affordable Concert and Student lutes, theorbos and other plucked instruments, 100% Made in France."
Le Luth Doré Concert and Student lutes Made in France
"Le Luth Doré is thrilled to announce its plans for resumption of production and sale of fine historically accurate and affordable Concert and Student lutes, theorbos and other plucked instruments, 100% Made in France."
Book review by the Lute Society America of the book 'A Method for the Renaissance Lute, with a Supplement for the Archlute' by Peter Croton
"This is a large book, 281 pages [plus 9 pages with roman numerals at the beginning] in a generous 9x12-inch format, divided into thirteen chapters, several addenda and a coda. The actual method starts on chapter five and the last three chapters are devoted to specific repertoires: English lute music, the ten-course lute, and the Italian archlute."
Pioneering French Lute Maker, Le Luth Doré ®, Plays Hardball To Combat Counterfeiters | Le Luth Doré ®
Le Luth Doré ® [LLD], which successfully helped lead the worldwide lute revival when launched in 2015 by renowned CEO-Founder Miguel Serdoura, is now threatened by unscrupulous music businesses engaged in alleged counterfeiting and deceptive sales and marketing. And the Paris-based company is fighting back.
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