Dear lutenists, the new lutenists reading The List might have got during the latest weeks an overly negative picture of the quality, nature and usefulness of The List! We oldies already know that even when these things happen every now and then, it can also be very friendly and nice here!
I suggest a new thread, where we recommend beautiful, but not too difficult pieces for the newcomers to the lute (and to The List). I think - as many do - that it is a good idea to start lute playing by a lute in renaissance tuning. Here is my list - well perhaps only my first list, if you get interested of the subject... ;-) Early 1500 century: - Dalza: all of the Tastar de corde -pieces (easy, but difficult(!) you can play them in many ways; also slow and musical is possible, why not also virtuosic and musical ;) - Capirola: Padoana The Great Francesco: - Francesco da Milano: Ricercars (Arthur Ness numbers): 4, 7, 14, 16, 84 (and many other ricercars and fantasias...) English renaissance stuff: - Holborne (Rainer aus dem Spring numbers): Galliard "As it fell on a holy eve" (38), Galliard "Hegh Ho Holiday" (39a and 39b) Etc., etc., etc, ... I try to stop now, and let others continue! :-) And remember you'll find lots of fine music in Wayne's generous page http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/tab-serv/tab-serv.cgi Arto --- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/music.html
