On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM, hera caius<[email protected]> wrote: > I am searching for some music for renaissance viol and theorbo...
A theorbo being a baroque instrument and a renaissance viol a, well, renaissance instrument, you'll have to compromise somewhere, but this should not distract you in any way from playing beautiful music together. 16th century music Ortiz, but not the diminutions on the four-part madrigals/chansons, as these are not really for theorbe. If you can manage nonetheless, all the better for you, obviously. I prefer to play this music on a renaissance lute. Around 1600 Simpson is great. As are Italian diminutions by e.g. Rogniniono, Dalla Casa et al. Again, take care with the intabulated polyphony, that can be so hard on theorbo. Or bring your renaissance lute as an easy escape. If your viol player doesn't mind later music, go for Marais and lose yourself in his beautiful music. Want to go really modern? Abel or C. Ph. E. Bach. So good! So much to choose from, enjoy! David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
