Dear Markus, I know of no other such composition for the lute. There is a similar piece on folio 32v of the Trumbull Lute Book, but it is more or less the same as My Lord Chamberlain's Galliard.
London, Additional MS 35155 is mentioned by Pohlmann as containing a lute duet by Dowland. I checked it out many years ago, and remember it as a transcription of the same piece (from the printed version), probably made in the 19th century. Probably to score a point against Dowland, Tobias Hume published a duet for two to play on one viol. I can look up details, if you want them and don't have them to hand. Although I have managed to play the Dowland piece successfully many times, with different people, my attempt at Hume's viol piece failed miserably. The problem was organising the bowing. Plucking is so much easier in these circumstances. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has managed to play the Hume duet. There are, of course, many pieces for two people (four hands) to play on one piano. I know of one piece composed for four girls (eight hands) on one piano, but have no details to hand of this. In one of the early issues of _Early Music_ there was a picture of two 18th-century flautists playing in such a way as to have one hand on one instrument and the other hand on the other. It was a porcelain figurine. I'm afraid I can't remember the full reference. About 30 years or so ago I managed (more or less - give or take a few wrong notes) to play Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with a friend on five-string banjo and guitar. Goodness knows how we managed it, but I held the guitar and plucked the strings with a flat-pick, while my left hand stopped the strings on his banjo. Meanwhile my friend held the banjo, plucked its strings with finger-picks on his right hand, and stopped the chords with his left hand on my guitar. It was absolutely hilarious, but not the sort of thing you would present in a serious concert in public. Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Lutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: one lute, two players > A good new year 2004 to all members of the lute list. > > I received a message from someone who is interested in knowing, if there are other compositions for one lute and two players than Dowlands "My Lord Chamberlain, His > Galliard, an invention for two to play upon one lute." > > Does anyone know another similar piece? > > Best > Markus > > > > > >
