The term lute song is given to a music style from the late 16th century to early 17th century, late Renaissance to early Baroque, that was predominantly in England and France. Lute songs were generall
A concert, painting by Lorenzo Costa, in the National Gallery, London
Thomas Campion was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, and studied law in Gray's Inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques for dancing, and a
A Book of Ayres, 1601, with words by Campion and music by Philip Rosseter