Composers for the lute, Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl 1508) Francesco Spinacino (fl 1507) and Vincenzo Capirola (1475-1548) were at the beginning of this ‘golden age’ of solo lute music, and were also ...

Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was ...

Most of Dowland’s music is for his own instrument, the lute. It includes several books of solo lute works, lute songs (for one voice and lute), part-songs with lute accompaniment, and several pieces ...