Dear Andrew, It is almost certainly mine, and dates back to the time when I visited California in October - November 2002.
Green's Almain is a setting for solo lute in the Willoughby Lute Book, otherwise known as Don Federico's Almain. It appears in Adriaenssen's _Pratum Musicum_ (1584) and in the Herold Lute Book. (Both those concordances were unknown to the editors of the Boethius Press facsimile of the Willoughby Lute Book.) I noticed another concordance this summer: a four-part setting, in Phalèse, if I remember right. I can check the reference, if you like. Robert Spencer and Jeffrey Alexander, the editors of the Boethius Press facsimile, read the title as "Green's Almain", but I think it could conceivably be "Queen's Almain". The writing is not awfully clear. Elsewhere in the manuscript there is a reference to Green's book, presumably another lute book, now lost. The Willoughby Lute Book was owned originally by Francis Willoughby, who had a loyal servant called Green. These three Greens may or may not be the same person. Many years ago I arranged this piece for consort, and you have the cittern part. You will have copied it into Fronimo yourself, because at that time I didn't have Fronimo. Your original copy would have been in my handwriting. If you would like the other five parts of my arrangement of Green's Almain, I would be very happy to send them to you. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hartig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 7:28 PM Subject: [LUTE] Green's Almain? > > Does anyone know of lute or consort setting (or other setting?) of a > "Green's Almain"? > > Yesterday I came across this mysterious piece of cittern tablature in > my music stack. I noticed it was in Fronimo format, so I searched my > computer and also found that I had the file! Either I entered it in > Fronimo at some point or it was sent to me by someone (the file was > last copied in 2002), but I have absolutely no recollection of it, > whatsoever. > > I looked through H.M. Brown, Ward's "Sprightly and Cheerful Musicke," > Julia Craig-McFeely's dissertation on English lute music, and even > Googled the title, but I have found no trace of this title anywhere. > It seems to be of English origin, and the tablature is for 4c. > chromatic cittern in "Italian" tuning (i.e. English cittern). > > The cittern part is chordal and appears to be an accompaniment only. > The piece is quite nice, though. I'd like to find it's companion > parts, if at all possible. I will more than happily share this > tablature with whomever else is interested. > > Thanks in advance, > Andrew > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
