Dear Charles, There are many pictures of lute and harp duets from the 15th century. You may find suitable music from that period. It is possible that the lute noodled around with high, fast notes, while the harp played slower notes. I would look for pieces with a fancy upper part for the lute.
Many years ago I arranged some of the trios in the Mellon chansonnier as lute duets: lute 1 took the top line, and lute 2 the lowest two lines. Some pieces worked extremely well like that. I suggest you try doing the likewise, but substitute the harp for lute 2. Please let us know how you get on. All the best, Stewart McCoy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Browne Sent: 16 October 2009 08:06 To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] [Lute] Lute and Harp duets Greetings! does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a harp (either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some help in terns of possible repertoire! Thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
