Here's a quote from DAS "History of the lute"
William Byrd (1542-1623) the most highly regaurded composer of the English
Renaissance, wrote no music for the lute. However, lutenists transcribed some
of his keyboard and vocal pieces for thier instrument, about a half a dozen of
these intabulations survive todayMichael Thames -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
