John Griffiths - Vihuela - Lute - Guitar

JOHN GRIFFITHS 

performer (vihuela, lute, guitar) and researcher of Renaissance music and culture. Research areas: music history and historiography, style studies and analysis, organology, notation, music printing, urban history, performance practice, early music pedagogy, and digital humanities. Now available from Brepols.

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NOW AVAILABLE

➔  TABLATURE: EUROPE 1300-1750 

A 1000 page encyclopaedia of all kinds of tablature for all instruments. This is a 15-year project edited by John Griffiths, David Dolata and Philippe Vendrix. Articles on a sample of 435 tablatures by 35 expert scholars.

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➔  MIGUEL DE FUENLLANA — ORPHENICA LYRA 

A new recording of vihuela music by Miguel de Fuenllana from his book Orphenica Lyra (1554). Recorded in Feb 2026. To be launched in Seville on Contrastes Records on 3 November 2026 at the Casa de Pilatos as part of the Festival Internacional de la Guitarra. .