- “The Early History of the Lute” p1 – Diana Poulton
- “An Intabulation for Contrabass Lute?” p22 – David Nutter
- “‘The Highest Key of Passion:’ Inexpressibility and Metaphors of Self in John Dowland’s First Book of Songes or Ayres” p46 – Daniel T. Fischlin
- “Remarks on Gallot Sources: How Tablatures Differ” p87 – Wallace J. Rave
- “Melchior Neusidler: Intabulation and Transcription” p108 – Charles Jacobs
- “Texture in French Baroque Lute Music and Related Ensemble Repertories” p120 – David J. Buch
- Review of Dance Rhythms of the French Baroque: a Handbook for Performance by Betty Bang Mather with Dean M. Karns p155 – Rederick Hammond
- Review of Continuo Playing on the Lute, Archlute and Theorbo by Nigel North p157 – Kevin Mason
- Review of Harpsichord and Lute Music in 17th-Century France by David Ledbetter p162 – David J. Buch
- Review of Tablature de luth Italienne dit Siena Manuscrit (ca. 1560-1570), introduction, concordances & index by Arthur J. Ness p165 – Dinko Fabris
- Review of The Königsberg Manuscript, introduction, inventory & index by Arthur J. Ness and John M. Ward p170 – Julia Craig-McFeeley
- Corrections to his article “‘The Consent of Speaking Harmony:’ The Literary Aesthetics of the English Air” in Volume XIX p192 – Daniel T. Fischlin