The Bandora: Its Music and Sources (DETROIT STUDIES IN MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHY)

The bandora, or pandora, is a scallop-bodied bass guitar that was popular in Elizabethan England, and is now receiving a lot of attention in the current revival of Renaissance and Baroque music. A brief history of the instrument with period illustrations and descriptions, and a chronology introduces a thorough list of sources for music written for it. Extensive indexes allow searches by source (libraries, manuscripts, etc.), title, composer, and theme (solo works in minor mode and triple time, songs accompanied by the bandora, consort parts, etc.). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.