Links revised
26/11/09 21:53
Today I have
gone through the site tracking down dead links, thanks
to a useful Firefox extension
LinkChecker from Kevin
Freitas (http://www.kevinfreitas.net/extensions/linkchecker/)
- so with any luck they are all working
now!
Links pages updated
25/11/09 20:09
I’ve updated all
the links pages today; in the process I’ve reorganised
the pages. So many of the links are not instrument
specific for either lute or guitar (or include other
instruments) that I decided to reorganise the
categories as follows:
MUSIC SOFTWARE LINKS
SHEET MUSIC AND MIDI
MANUSCRIPTS & FACSIMILES
MUSICIANS' SITES
LUTHIERS
BLOGS, FORUMS & PORTALS
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
COMMERCIAL SITES
MISCELLANEOUS
MP3S ETC
MUSIC SOFTWARE LINKS
SHEET MUSIC AND MIDI
MANUSCRIPTS & FACSIMILES
MUSICIANS' SITES
LUTHIERS
BLOGS, FORUMS & PORTALS
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
COMMERCIAL SITES
MISCELLANEOUS
MP3S ETC
More Duets
01/10/09 18:33
Today I have added
two duets by Thomas Ford: Mr Southcote's Pavan and
galliard, and a duet by the French composer Joseph
Bodin de Boismortier, Gravement. All three pieces are
originally for two viols. Seemingly the viol literature
is a good source of music for guitar, especially pieces
written for the so called Lyra Viol.
Tobias Hume and others
28/09/09 13:21
Today I have
updated and added several pieces. In the Duets section
I have added two new pieces by Tobias Hume,
The Duke of Holstone’s Delight and
Touch Me Sweetly, together with a piece by
Thomas Mace,
The Author's Mistress. I have also considerably
revised
The Spirit of Musicke (Tobias Hume) and
Mr Lullere, His Choice (Thomas Ford) by transferring
some material between the parts to improve playability
and revising the durations of held notes. Several other
duet pieces have had minor revisions, including
Howell’s Delight. In the solos section I have
added
A Humorous Pavin and
The Duke of Holstone’s Almayne, also by Tobias Hume.
Update to Rosa
10/09/09 16:15
Rosa, by John
Danyel updated on 25/08/09. I’ve tried to improve the
way the piece is notated to indicate the voices more
clearly.
Further udated, with minor changes to notation and fingering on 10/09/09.
Further udated, with minor changes to notation and fingering on 10/09/09.
New Guitar; Minor changes to site.
28/04/09 13:09
Touch me
lightly, by Tobias Hume has gone up on the site today
as the first piece I have posted with an MP3 of my own
playing. More to follow I hope!
New piece - first MP3
22/04/09 22:32
Minor revision
of Fall of the
Leaf (Martin Peerson) posted
today.
Fall of the Leaf
04/04/09 13:24
I spotted
someone playing Tombeau de M. Francois Ginter on
YouTube today; this prompted me to get the piece out
and play it again myself. I decided some of my notation
(especially double dotting) was not very clear so I
have revised the way the rhythm is expressed (using
ties and single dots instead).
Tombeau - minor revision
07/03/09 22:23
Today I’ve
posted a solo guitar arrangement of Vivaldi’s Lute
Concerto (RV 93) - plus a minor revision of the de
Visee Chaconne (first version).
Vivaldi
13/02/09 15:52
A new piece
today a pavan notated for bandora by Anthony
Holborne.The piece seems to be a version by Holborne of
a pavan by John Johnson, that father of Robert Johnson.
These two were more or less contemporary; Johnson had a
lengthy period in the service of Queen Elizabeth and
Holborne was probably in her service for a period so
the two may have known each other and each may have
been familiar with the other’s music. Johnson’s work
has been collected in the set of volumes ‘The Lute
Works of John Johnson’ edited by John M Ward (Editions
Orphée 1994) where the music is presented in lute
tablature, keyboard transcription and guitar
transcription. There are one or two minor notational
errors in my copy of the guitar version of this piece
and an apparent error in the manuscript tablature
source that is corrected by Rainer aus dem Spring in
his Lute Society edition of the tablature, so I decided
I would like a revised guitar arrangement. Like ward, I
have put the piece in A major rather than making a
direct transcription into G major.
I’ve also made a couple of very minor revisions to the trio pieces, Fantasy (Lawes) and Donna Crudel (Adriensen)
I’ve also made a couple of very minor revisions to the trio pieces, Fantasy (Lawes) and Donna Crudel (Adriensen)
Holborne Bandora Pavan
29/01/09 14:30
Updated
versions today of two of the trios - Donna Crudel by
Adriensen and the William Lawes Fantasye. Also some
slight revisions to the solo Fantasie by van
Wilder.
Minor Revisions - Lawes, Adriensen, Wilder
14/01/09 21:08
Today I’ve
published a version of Militis Dump
in G in
addition to the arrangement in A. I think overall
it’s easier to play and more satisfactory in G.
I have also posted a revised version of Philip van Wilder’s Fantasie utilising guitar tuning rather than lute tuning. I was unhappy with the previous version, so I have deleted it. (If anyone wants the old version let me know and I can send it.)
I have also posted a revised version of Philip van Wilder’s Fantasie utilising guitar tuning rather than lute tuning. I was unhappy with the previous version, so I have deleted it. (If anyone wants the old version let me know and I can send it.)
New Versions
12/01/09 23:43
Today I’ve
published a version of Militis Dump
in G in
addition to the arrangement in A. I think overall
it’s easier to play and more satisfactory in G.
I have also posted a revised version of Philip van Wilder’s Fantasie utilising guitar tuning rather than lute tuning. I was unhappy with the previous version, so I have deleted it. (If anyone wants the old version let me know and I can send it.)
I have also posted a revised version of Philip van Wilder’s Fantasie utilising guitar tuning rather than lute tuning. I was unhappy with the previous version, so I have deleted it. (If anyone wants the old version let me know and I can send it.)
Two German pieces
06/01/09 21:36
A couple of new
pieces from German sources added today. A Fantasia from
the Nuremberg Lute Book and a Chaconne that I presume
comes from a manuscript source in the north German town
of Schwerin. Both are from unknown composers.
Donna Crudel revised; no more PayPal
17/12/08 21:28
Today I have
added two pavans by John Dowland - Solus cum
Sola and La Mia
Barbara.
Two Dowland Pavans
08/12/08 11:43
Revised
arrangement of the trio Donna Crudel posted today. I
have ‘thinned out’ the parts to make them a little
easier to play by removing notes from the lute
originals where all three lutes are playing the same
note (especially bass notes) as this makes the texture
too dense on the guitar.
Donna Crudel
20/11/08 18:45
Minor changes
in layout and fingering to L'Amant Malheureux posted
today.
L'Amant Malheureux
18/11/08 16:29
Today I’ve
reposted Quando
Claro (Anon) in the same
arrangement but with revised notation to make the
rhythm clearer in places and to clarify where notes
should be tied rather than damped. I’ve also posted a
slightly altered version of the Countess of Pembroke’s
Pavan (Holborne) and made a minor
revision to the Nicolaes Vallet Prelude.
Minor Revisions
10/11/08 12:06
Some new pages
today. A page each of duet and trio pieces, plus a page
where I will write in more detail about some of the
composers. There are currently 14 duet pieces and three
trio pieces on these new pages.