Hello Nancy - the Susanne van Soldt manuscript is a collection of late renaissance keyboard music - hence it's often called the Susanne van Soldt Virginal book. I think the story is that Susanne van Soldt was the daughter of a Dutch merchant living in London in the late 16th century. I've never seen the whole set but it's apparently a mix of music from the Netherlands and England. The three pieces I've seen are fairly simple dances.
Alan Curtis edited the modern edition that came out in the 60s - I've been trying without success to get my hands on a reasonably priced copy. Andrew On 26 Jun 2009, at 23:59, Nancy Carlin wrote: > I have just gotten the Les Witches CD "Manuscrit Susanne van > Soldt" and > it's really nice - interesting arrangements and nice cittern and > lute > solos. I had not heard of this manuscript before (BM Add 29385) > and > wonder if there is a facsmilie or modern edition of it. The first > piece on the CD "Brande Champanje" would make a really nice > piece on > the lute. Does anyone know anything about this manuscript on that > piece? > Nancy -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
