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Tablature 1300\u20131750. An Encyclopedia.<\/em> Co-editor and author with John Griffiths and Philipp Vendrix. Centre d’Etudes Sup\u00e9rieures de la Renaissance (CESR) at the Universit\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois-Rabelais de Tours – CNRS (Brepols, 2026).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meantone Temperaments on Lutes and Viols<\/a>.<\/em> Indiana University Press, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Critical Editions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bellerofonte Castaldi’s \u201cCapricci a due stromenti\u201d<\/em> in Recent Researches of Music in the Baroque Era. Vols. 141 & 142. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2006. Review<\/a>
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Two Spiritual Monodies by G.G. Kapsperger <\/em>with Margaret Murata. Society for Seventeenth-Century Music Web Library. 2011. Link to Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Journal and Encyclopedia Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStay Tuned: Temperament for Solo Lute 1600\u20131750, BACH: Journal of the  Riemenschneider Bach Institute<\/i>, special tunings and temperaments issue (Vol. 52, No. 2, 2022), edited by Ross Duffin and Christine Fuhrmann. View on JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dolata, David, and G. O\u2019Brien and F. Nocerino. \u201cTiorbino,\u201d in The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, <\/em>2nd<\/sup> ed., Laurence Libin, editor-in-chief (2014).<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking Cents Out of Fretting Ratios and Vice Versa,\u201d FOHMRI Quarterly<\/em>, No. 124 (June 2013): 16\u201324.<\/p>\n

\u201cCastaldi\u2019s Practice Room: Onomatopoeic Echoes,\u201d FOHMRI Quarterly<\/em>, No. 121 (May 2012): 30\u201334.<\/p>\n

“Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580\u20131649) of Modena: Musician, Poet, Adventurer,” Acta Musiologica<\/em>, Journal of the International Musicological Society LXXIX\/1 (2007), pp. 85\u2013111. View on JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cVisual and Poetic Allegory in Bellerofonte Castaldi’s Extraordinary Capricci a due stromenti<\/em>,” Early Music<\/em> XXXIII\/3 (August 2005), pp. 371\u201391. View on JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBellerofonte Castaldi,\u201d with Nigel Fortune in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians<\/em>, 2nd Ed. (2001).<\/p>\n

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\u201cTunings and Temperaments: Theory in the Service of Practice,\u201d Lute Society of America Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 1995): 26\u201329.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn Introduction to Tunings and Temperaments, Part II,\u201d Lute Society of America Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 1994): 20\u201323.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Introduction to Tunings and Temperaments, Part I,\u201d Lute Society of America Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 28, Nos. 2 & 3 (May\/August 1993): 30\u201331.<\/p>\n

David Dolata at CESR in Tours, France<\/p>\n

\u201cLute Tuning with Meantone Temperaments,\u201d Lute Society of America Quarterly,<\/em> Vol. 27, No. 1 (February 1993): 12\u201315.<\/p>\n

\u201cLute Tuning with Harmonics: A Square Peg in a Round Hole,\u201d Lute Society of America Quarterly, <\/em>Vol. 27, No. 1 (February 1993): 7\u20139.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secret of Tuning by Harmonics,\u201d Soundboard, Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Spring 1993): 27\u201337. View here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Book Reviews <\/strong><\/p>\n

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 \u201cDie Laute in Europa: Geschichte und Geschichten zum Geniessen [The Lute in Europe: A History to Delight]\u201d by Andreas Schlegel in MLA Notes<\/em>.  September 2009: 96\u20138. View on JSTOR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe End of Early Music: A Period Performer\u2019s History of Music for the Twenty-First Century,\u201d by Bruce Haynes in MLA Notes<\/em>. June 2008: 767\u20139. View on JSTOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

 \u201cHistory, Imagination, and the Performance of Music<\/em>\u201d by Peter Walls in MLA Notes<\/em>, December 2004: 451\u20134. View on JSTOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

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CD Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Byron Schenkman, \u201cThe Fitzwilliam Virginal Book,\u201d in Early Music America<\/em>: Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2004): 58\u20139.<\/p>\n

Musica Pacifica, \u201cVivaldi: La Notte, Concerti per stromenti diversi,\u201d in Early Music America<\/em>: Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall 2003): 16.<\/p>\n

Chatham Baroque, \u201cHenry Purcell: Sonatas and Theatre Music\u201d in Early Music America<\/em>: Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall 2003): 18.<\/p>\n

Paul O\u2019Dette, \u201cRoyal Lewters,\u201d in Early Music America<\/em>: Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 2003): 46.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Papers and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

“The Philosophy of Transcription: What Do You Really Mean By That?” International Musicological Society Study Group Meeting \u201cTablature in Western Music\u201d at Basel Lute Days conference sponsored by the Deutsche Lautengesellschaft at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. September 14, 2025. Start video at 38:00:<\/p>\n