I ususally assign Tye's "Sit Fast" at some point to my students. No one in 35 years has completed the assignment :) d
At 07:34 AM 12/26/2009, you wrote: > I've worked some from Richard Allison's "Psalmes of David..." years > ago, but not Tye. I'd have to check, but I remember Allison as > having lute, cittern, and bass (viol) parts, along with vocal quartet. > > It was interesting, but IMO it depends how Protestant you want to get > whether they're worth the effort. > > Tye's 1553 publication date, so early in the English Protestant > adventure, might make it illuminating. Do you know what the relation > is to the New Testament book of the same name? > > Best, and keep playing yet again, > > Chris. > > >>> Peter Martin <[email protected]> 12/26/2009 8:54 AM >>> > Matthew Spring's book contains a reference to Christopher Tye's Acts > of > The Apostles, published in 1553, with music "to synge and also play > upon the Lute". > However, Tye's book (available on EEBO) doesn't have any lute > tablature, just four voice parts. Has anyone tried doing these > songs > on lute? Worth the effort? > P > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute
