John Alford (lutenist)
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John Alford (fl. 16th century) was a lutenist in London. He published there in 1568 a translation of Adrian Le Roy's work on the lute under the title of A Briefe and Easye Instruction to learne the tableture, to conduct and dispose the hande unto the Lute. Englished by J. A., with a cut of the lute. A 1574 edition added additional music.[1] The work was the dominant English lute tutorial until Thomas Robinson's The Schoole of Musicke (1603).
Work[edit]
- A Briefe and Easye Instruction to learne the tableture, to conduct and dispose the hande unto the Lute. Englished by J. A. (1568)
Notes[edit]
- ^ A briefe and plaine instruction on worldcat.org
References[edit]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grove, George, ed. (1900). . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.