Here is the citation: Stewart McCoy, "Lost Lute Solos Revealed in a Paston Manuscript," The Lute 26/1 (1986): 21-39.
Included is a complete Fantasia by "Mr. Birde" in facsimile of the Italian tablature, a reconstruction by Stewart and the original part notation. Paston uses Italian tablature,and some of the rubrics are in Spanish. ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Ness To: Lute Net Cc: Nancy Carlin Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:48 PM Subject: Byrd Dear Nancy and others, Here are some sources for Byrd's music for lute and arrangedfor lute. Most seem tobe intabulations of vocal music. --Dublin, Dallis Pupil's Lute Book: "songs byByrd." --London, BL, Hirsch M..1353: Coranto and Pavan --Aberystwth, Brogantyn M|S 27: consort song (voice partlacking) --Morley, First Booke(1599/1611): dances and or songs (2 pieces) --Wiley-Park,Weld Lute Book: 2 pieces by Byrd (see new facsimile ed) --Edward Paston Lute Books (5 vols. in London, BL, London, RCM and Tenbury, St. Michael's College): 78 motet arrangements (bks i-v), 15 English songs (bks i-ii), 85 English songs (bk. iii), 4 fanatsias (bk i). Our StewartMcCoy has published a imortant and detaied study of the Paston books. It appeared in the Lute Soc. Journal or _TheLute_ about ten years ago. --Fitzwilliam Verginal Book has Byrds transcrptions of lute music, including JohnJohnson's "Delight Pavan," in what is probably the earliest verson of this often copied piece. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
