Dear Craig, CNRS have published "Oeuvres D'Adrian Le Roy - Les Instructions Pour Le Luth (1574)" in two volumes. The first contains a modern edition (with some facsimilies from the original) of the 1574 English edition of "A briefe and plaine Instruction to set all musicke of eight divers tunes in Tableture for the Lute. With a briefe Instruction how to play on the Lute by Tablature, to conduct and dispose thy hand unto the Lute, with certain easie lessons for that purpose." Volume two contains the anthology of intabulations that formed the third part of the original.
The CNRS edition is dated 1977 and may, like their other volumes mentioned on the list recently, be out of print. Hopefully some of the larger music libraries will have copies. The instructions for intabulation are interesting, and those for lute playing are one of the best sources we have for 6 course technique. The intabulations, on the whole, are very difficult to play and not very exciting from the players point of view. If I remember correctly, the late Robert Spencer in his review of the book pointed out that they are better thought of as vehicle for lute players to experience the music rather than as performance repertoire. Best wishes, Denys ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Le Roy > Dear Scholars, > > Is there a copy (facsimile, transcription, whatever) of Adrian Le Roy's treatise on intabulation (1571) available somewhere? > > Regards, > Craig > > > >
