GEORGE WEIGAND began playing the lute while stud art and history in the U.S. Before that he had been a guitarist. After playing the lute for several years with both university and professional ensembles he came to Britain in 1970 to further his study of the Renaissance. He was awarded the M.Phil. degree from the University of London for his research into st in the 16th century, and has since become e London as a player of the lute and other renaissance stringed struments, He and his wife, viol player Rosemary Thorndycrait, have recorded with several groups and for BBC and Independent Radio. He also directs the Extempore String Ensemble, formed in 1975, which specialises in performing Elizabethan and Jacobean music for lutes, viols and other stringed instruments with improvised variations, The Ensemble has performed extensively and has recorded for both British and West German Radio. Their first record ‘Consort Music of the English Renaissance’ is released by MeridianPLAYING THE ELIZABETHAN LVTE BY GEORGE WEIGAND WWW. CARDENASMUSIC. com (561)-345-6757 INFO@CARDENASMUSIC. com Staff notation edition by Rosemary Thorndycraft Cover art and drawings by George Weigand Design and photography by Ken Osborn : With the collaboration of Tecla Editions, London. Copyright © 1978 by Shattinger International Corp., New York, N.Y.