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.

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COMING SOON

➔  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. Publication expected mid 2026 by Brepols.

 

➔  FUENLLANA — ORPHENICA LYRA 

vihuela music by Miguel de Fuenllana

from his 1554 vihuela book. Recorded in Feb 2026. Currently in production. To be published on Contrastes Records