Period Sources of Printed Music for Orpharion (16th/17th C.)

Barley, William. A new booke of tabliture for the orpharion: contayning sundrie sorts of lessons, collected together out of divers good authors, for the furtherance and delight of such as are desirous to practise on this instrument. Never before published (1596). London: William Barley

Allison, Richard. The psalmes of David in meter, the plaine song, being the common tunne to be sung and plaide . . . the singing part to be either tenor or treble to the instrument . . . or for foure voyces (1599). London: William Barley

Dowland, John. The first booke of songes or ayres of foure partes with tablature for the lute: so made that all the partes together, or either of them severally may be song to the lute, orpherian or viol de gambo (1600). London: Peter Short

Dowland, John. The second booke of songs or ayres, of 2. 4. and 5. parts: with tableture for the lute or opherian, with the violl de gamba ... also an excelent lesson for the lute and base viol, called Dowlands adew (1600). London: Thomas Este

Campion, Thomas, and Philip Rosseter. A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian, and base violl (1601). London: Thomas East

Dowland, John. The first booke of songes or ayres of foure partes with tablature for the lute: so made that all the partes together, or either of them severally may be song to the lute, orpherian or viol de gambo ... newly corrected (1603). London: E. Short

Dowland, John. The third and last booke of songs or aires, newly composed to sing to the lute, orpharion or viols, and a dialogue for a base and meane lute with five voices to sing thereto (1603). London: Peter Short

Robinson, Thomas. The Schoole of musicke: wherein is taught, the perfect method, of true fingering of the lute, pandora, orpharion, and viol de gamba; with most infallible generall rules both easie and delightfull. Also a method how you may be your owne instructor for prick-song, by the help of your lute (1603). London: Thomas Este

Pilkington, Francis. The first booke of songs or ayres of 4. parts: with tableture for the lute or orpherian, with the violl de gamba (1605). London: Thomas Este

Bartlet, John. A booke of ayres with a triplicitie of musicke, whereof the first part is for the lute or orpharion, and the viole de gambo, and 4. partes to sing, the second part is for 2. trebles to sing to the lute and viole, the third part is for the lute and one voyce, and the viole de gambo (1606). London: John Windet

Dowland, John. The first booke of songes or ayres of foure partes with tablature for the lute: so made that all the partes together, or either of them severally may be song to the lute, orpherian or viol de gambo ... newly corrected and amended (1606). London: Humfrey Lownes

Ford, Thomas. Musicke of sundrie kindes, set forth in two bookes. The first whereof are, aries for 4 voices to the lute, orphorion, or basse-viol, with a dialogue for two voices, and two basse viols in parts tuned the lute way. The second are pavens, galiards, almaines, toies, jigges, thumpes and such like, for two basse-viols, the liera way (1607). London: John Browne

Hume, Tobias. Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke, principally made for two basse-viols, yet so contrived, that it may be plaied 8. several waies upon sundry instruments (1607). London: John Windet

Dowland, John. The first booke of songes or ayres of foure partes with tablature for the lute: so made that all the partes together, or either of them severally may be song to the lute, orpherian or viol de gambo ... newly corrected and amended (1613). London: Humfrey Lownes

Sandys, Sir Edwin and Robert Tailour. Sacred hymns, consisting of fifti select psalms of David . . . set to be sung in five parts, as also to the viole, and lute or orpharion (1615). London,:Thomas Snodham

Campion, Thomas. The third and fourth booke of ayres . . . so as they may be expressed by one voyce with a violl, lute, or orpharion (1617). London: Thomas Snodham

Pilkington, Francis. The second set of madrigals, and pastorals, of 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt for violls and voyces: newly composed by Francis Pilkington, Batchelar of Musicke, and lutenist, and chaunter of the Cathedrall Church of Christ, and blessed Mary the Virgin, in Chester (1624). London: Thomas Snodham

"Mathew Holmes's lute (part?)book." Dd.3.18. Great Britain, Cambridge, University Library. (c. 1595)