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Le Luth Doré We believe that involvement with music is an essential part of any enduring civilization.

Le Luth Doré® publishes critical Urtext editions for lute, theorbo, baroque guitar, vihuela and early plucked instruments, serving musicians, scholars, and collectors worldwide. Le Luth Doré® is a company dedicated to honoring and preserving the musical legacy of European early plucked instruments such as lutes, mandolins and early guitars. Our project aims to keep the historical legacy and practice of early European plucked instruments alive and make them available in schools and communities worldwide. We create high quality inexpensive instruments, urtext music editions, and educational programs which give people everywhere the opportunity to make music with such instruments. We plan to develop creative collaborations with non-profit tax-exempt charitable organizations in order to support our common goals.

The essential landmarks of Peter Croton’s methodsTwo books, two historical worlds: the Renaissance lute and the Baroque ...
09/10/2026

The essential landmarks of Peter Croton’s methods

Two books, two historical worlds: the Renaissance lute and the Baroque lute. Croton’s pedagogy gives the player clear landmarks: tablature, polyphony, touch, repertory, continuo, dance rhythm, ornamentation, and historical fi*****ng. These are not abstract topics; they are the practical tools that allow a modern lutenist to enter the music with style and understanding.

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https://leluthdore.com/en/blogs/journal/peter-croton-art-du-luth-methodes-historiques

Why is BWV 995 central to Bach on the lute?Bach's relationship with the lute is not a simple catalogue fact. His autogra...
08/10/2026

Why is BWV 995 central to Bach on the lute?

Bach's relationship with the lute is not a simple catalogue fact. His autograph of BWV 995 is written in staff notation and preserves a reworking of the C-minor Cello Suite BWV 1011. A separate mid-eighteenth-century adaptation in French lute tablature was copied by an unidentified scribe; it transmits Bach’s music but is not in Bach’s hand. Nigel North's edition uses that evidence as a point of departure. It asks how Bach's textures can become playable on the Baroque lute without flattening their contrapuntal argument. That is why Bach on the Lute is not only a transcription project, but a study of what the lute can genuinely carry.

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https://leluthdore.com/en/blogs/journal/bach-on-the-lute-nigel-north

We are delighted to share a new article from the Italian arts and culture weekly Punto e Linea Magazine, written by Fran...
05/10/2026

We are delighted to share a new article from the Italian arts and culture weekly Punto e Linea Magazine, written by Francesco Rampichini and dedicated to Nigel North and Bach on the Lute.

The article presents the two-volume Le Luth Doré edition, with Nigel answering six questions about Bach, the lute, and the ideas and musical research behind the project.

A fascinating insight into Nigel’s approach to Bach and the work that led to Bach on the Lute.

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L’esordio della prefazione a questi due ampi e – diciamo subito – magnifici volumi è perentorio: «ci è chiaro oggi, nel XXI secolo, che Bach non suonò mai il liuto».…

Why does Dowland still move us?400 years after his death, John Dowland remains a defining voice of the Renaissance lute....
02/06/2026

Why does Dowland still move us?

400 years after his death, John Dowland remains a defining voice of the Renaissance lute. His works for lute solo and duet stand at the centre of a repertory shaped by melancholy, refinement, and expressive clarity.

Edited by Nigel North, this complete urtext edition brings together Dowland’s lute works in a form conceived for serious study and performance.

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https://leluthdore.com/en/blogs/journal/john-dowland-complete-works-lute-solo-duet

Did Bach write for the lute?Few questions in Bach scholarship have generated more discussion. While several celebrated w...
01/06/2026

Did Bach write for the lute?

Few questions in Bach scholarship have generated more discussion. While several celebrated works are traditionally associated with the lute, their relationship to the instrument remains the subject of continuing debate among performers, musicologists, and historians.

In Bach on the Lute, Nigel North explores this issue through the surviving sources, the characteristics of the instrument itself, and the broader context of eighteenth-century musical practice.

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https://leluthdore.com/en/blogs/journal/bach-on-the-lute-nigel-north

Did Bach write for the lute?One of the most debated questions in Bach scholarship.In this article, Nigel North examines ...
01/06/2026

Did Bach write for the lute?

One of the most debated questions in Bach scholarship.

In this article, Nigel North examines the relationship between Bach’s music and plucked instruments, drawing on decades of performance, research and editorial work.

Read the full article:

https://leluthdore.com/en/blogs/journal/bach-on-the-lute-nigel-north

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