Catgut Strings: John Dowland’s “Other Necessary Observations” 1610
In 1610 Robert Dowland published his Varietie of Lute Lessons, evidently as an effort to gather favour with the Royal Court to become James II’s chief lutenist. Within the work his father, John Dowland, wrote his Other Necessary Observations belonging to the LUTE, an extended letter giving advice to lute players. Within it, the first epistle For […]
