Hi Herbert: The composer was probably one of the most prolific composers of the period: Good Ol' Anonymous. A very large number of good English Lute pieces are unascribed.
If you can get a micro film copy of the Cambridge Manuscript there are a lot of fairly easy pieces in it. However as I was once told there are no easy Lute pieces, just some that are less difficult. Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: Pieces similar to "A Toye". > > In the UC Berkeley music library I saw an edition of Diana (Diane?) > Poulton's introduction to the lute. > > It has a companion book of pieces to study. Piece #1 in this book was "A > Toye" in C major. > > I like this piece. Unfortunately, Poulton's book gave no composer. > > Can anyone suggest how to find pieces of similar style, and of the same or > slightly greater difficulty? Does anyone know the composer? > >
