René Vannes Explained

René Vannes (1888 Lille, France–1956 Brussels) was a Belgian musicologist and author of a standard history of lutenists, which is also used as a standard reference work on violin bow makes and archetiers.

Selected works

Universal Dictionary of Luthiers

• Essai d'un dictionnaire universel des luthiers, Marne (1932)
• Dictionnaire universel des luthiers, revised Vol. 1, Brussels (1951)
• Dictionnaire universel des luthiers, revised Vol. 2, Brussels (1959)
• Dictionnaire universel des luthiers, 2 volumes in 1: 1951 & 1959, Brussels (1979)
• Dictionnaire universel des luthiers, revised 2nd edition (two volumes) (1986)
• Dictionnaire universel des luthiers, (two volumes) Brussels 1988

Other books

• Essai de terminologie musicale ou dictionnaire universel, Paris: Max Eschig
• Une pianiste alsacienne, Marie de Moroguès-Kiené, Paris 1927, Colmar
• Dictionnaire des musiciens Belges (compositeurs) du XIV au XX siècle (Dictionary of Musicians and Composers, Belgium, 14th Century to the 20th Century), Brussels: Larcier (1947)