For a question like this, one should consult perhaps the most important bibliography, Brown's Instrumental Musoic printed before 1600. He lists some 44 original prints containing music for one or more voices and lute, plus others for bandora and voice, cittern and voice, vihuela and voice, etc. Thomas is correct, the Denss book must have a hundred Italian songs for voice(s) and lute.
For some Spanish songs, already mentioned is the Segovia Cathedral Manuscript. ajn FROM: "Elias Fuchs", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TO: LUTE NET, INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DATE: 6/15/04 3:32 PM Re: Bottegari Thank you all for answering, Nancy, Arto, Sean Smith, Stewart, RT, and others.... The Verdelot book I have since long, it's really great music, but except that one, there is no other Italian music for voice and lute, except the Bottegari which I'll try to get plus the Bossinensis book too, that I can get from Minkoff you said. To transcribe madrigals myself....of course that would be the best way, no objections - but who does that for me??????? Don't laugh, don't even try to educate me, I just can't do it! I wonder why there is such a lot of spanish and even some french sources for voice and lute, but only 2 Italian. Anyway, if someone can tell me some other Italian voice-lute-books - also new editions in french tablature, like new transcriptions of madrigals and/or franco-flamish music - I would be happy about any infos. If somebody wants so send me his own personal madrigal-transcriptions, handwritten or else, I pay for it in advance, send me copies. Just write to my private address how much you want for your time, mail expenses, etc.... This is no joke, and not much of a problem or ridiculous or something, I hope. Because I'm not a publisher who wants to rip someone off, but just a very kind player of the lute, glad to hear from you on this. But no joking, maybe it's really unjust, somebody does all the studies and labour to do all the work (if it's hopefully well done), and then he should get payed off for it with 50 or 100 $, so maybe it's too personal, and if somebody wants to critizise me for that attitude, I could understand that viewpoint too. best wishes, Elias
