Lute Music of Shakespeare's Time - Newcomb, Wilburn W.; Barley, William 1565?-1614 (London The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966)
In full: "A new Booke of Tabliture, Containing sundrie easie and familar Instructions, shewing howe to attaine to the knowledge, to guide and dispose thy hand to play on sundry Instruments, as the Lute, Orpharion, and Bandora."
Barley's work was (according to the book) the first English solo music for plucked instruments to appear in print. Earlier lute books had been published in England, but not with English music.The book is a thorough study of this opus, with commentary, "tabliture" and a transcription into staff notation (bass & treble clefs).The original apparently contained many mistakes, which have here been corrected, both in the original and on the staff: "Every alteration of the original material, however, is indicated in the critical apparatus at the end of this volume."
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); 17th Century (1601-1700); Lute; Notation; Keyboard