Funny, if I'm not mistaken, O'Dette said in interview that he was deeply inspired by Julian Bream's lute performances (records?). This seems more logical: Dowland played on a lute shaped instrument. 2013/12/16 <[1]terli...@aol.com>
As far as his influence on the lute: I heard Paul O'dette say that it was the "Six Lute Pieces from the Renaissance" based on Chilesotti (and made famous by Segovia) that inspired O'dette to seek out a lute. He was studying them on the guitar and he took the title of the piece seriously enough to find a lute. -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Bruno Figueiredo Pesquisador autonomo da pratica e interpretac,ao historicamente informada no alaude e teorba. Doutor em Praticas Interpretativas pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. -- References 1. mailto:terli...@aol.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html